Ron’s Random Ruminations

 ”Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me…”— Matthew 19:14 (KJV)

I read an excellent piece on abortion by Chuck Colson of Prison Fellowship Ministries. I’m very passionate about this issue. I believe the unborn children are some of the most, if no the most, vulnerable members of society. They cannot speak in defense of themselves nor voice their rights. God says they are a gift from Him (Psalm 127:3).

Furthermore, we are directedby the Word of God to ‘open our mouths” for or defend the speechless (Proverbs 31:8).

Here’s some of what Chuck had to say:

Two little girls have recently been in the public eye—little girls who, by modern standards, could not be more different.

One of these children was so wanted by her parents that they jumped through nearly every hoop to conceive her, including years of health-endangering infertility treatments, in vitro fertilization, and finally surrogacy. (Peggy Orenstein, the child’s mother, tells the story in her new book, Waiting for Daisy.)

The other child was so unwanted that her mother, Jennifer Raper, is filing a “wrongful birth” suit against the doctor who botched her abortion and another doctor who failed to discern that she was still pregnant afterwards.

Two little girls, nothing in common—that’s how our society would perceive these children. But our society would be wrong, because both of these stories have the same focus: the adults. It’s all about their “rights” to get what they want, or, as the case may be, not to get what they don’t want. That’s what these two cases have in common: The baby who should be at the center of the story becomes a thing to which a price tag is attached.

This serves to show just how self-absorbed we’ve become as a society.  It’s all about me, isn’t it? About my rights, my body, my life, ad nauseam.

Here’s one more quote from Mr. Colson that pretty much sums it all up:

Now more than ever, Christians need to proclaim—and live out—the truth that children are indeed good. And they are good not because they meet our needs, but because they bear the image of God and propagate the human race. That’s our God-given task: Be fruitful and multiply.

Amen, Chuck, amen!

In case you have any doubts, I am adamantly pro-life.

Today marks the 34th Anniversary of Roe vs. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on abortion. The always eloquent, La Shawn Barber has a great post today on the abortion issue. Check it out!

By proclamation of the President of the
United States, today is National Sanctity of Human Life Day. As the President says, it is a day to  ”underscore our commitment to respecting and protecting the life and dignity of every human being”.

Townhall columnist Floyd Brown has an excellent piece on Ronald Reagan and the Annual March for Life that will be held on the Washington Mall Monday. Here’s my favorite part of the article,

“Abortion was, in President Reagan’s view, an infringement on God’s sacred command to protect innocent human life. Indeed, Reagan felt so passionately about the right to life that he felt without it, other rights had no meaning. He called the restoration of the right to life the most important challenge facing the character of America. President Reagan believed that the continuance of abortion, the taking of some 4,000 lives of children everyday, would only bring about trouble for America. He even posed the ominous question: “Do you really think… God will protect us in a time of crisis even as we turn away from him in our day-to- day life?”

I firmly believe our country has, collectively, turned it’s back against God and Christ. But many are blinded and simply can’t see this. Abortion is just one of the many symptoms of this national sickness.
 

Hey folks, I came across a great article today by WorldNetDaily columnist, Jill Stanek. Stanek, if you can recall, is the nurse who fought to stop “live-birth abortion” after witnessing one while working at Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn, Ill. Anyway, she writes about the Chicago GOP’s pro-life editorial accusing Democrats of dehumanizing blacks through their support of abortion:

Well, glory be! Got to hand it to these folks. They have guts. They stood up and spoke the truth to blacks and this during Black History month. Excuse me for a moment while I wipe these tears of joy from my eyes. If only more black pastors & politicians we speak like this. There are a few out there who are but we need a bunch more following suit.

And this is what happens when the liberal Democrats catch wind of the truth:

Now, I hope this opens everyone’s eyes on how the truth works. It cutss like a two-edged sword opening the festering sores of lies and deceit and allows a purifying and healing light to come in. I’ve this a number times before: as Christians, we must stand up and proclaim God’s infinite truth contained in His Word, the Bible. When we do this, we shed light on darkened minds and souls leading to freedom in Christ.

I’m finally back after some technical difficulties with my blog site provider.

Check out Barbara Simpson’s article on “Parents’ Right to Know and Child Protection” California Proposition 73. As a parent and a resident of California, I believe this one’s worth the fight to keep Big Government from further intruding into our lives.

Also, take a look at Mark La Roi’s post on on abortion.