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Sanctity of Life
The purpose of Sanctity of Life Sundays is to celebrate the precious gift of life God has given us.
On that Sunday, and on any given day of worship, I want to hear about hope and restoration; you know, how God reaches into our stinky, dirty lives and lifts us up, cleans us up, and wraps us in His love and forgiveness, and gives us new hearts and lives. I want to talk about how we can go from distrust to one of trusting in our heavenly Father. I want to see church leaders put themselves in the same camp as the rest of us, sinners in need of God’s grace. And I want to see Christians wrap their arms around the folks who’ve been impacted by abortion. God loves us in spite of our sins and bad choices. We should love each other in spite of our sins and bad choices.
But unfortunately, I hear a lot of staggering statistics and see photos of adorable babies that “could have been.” It’s a 45-minute deluge of “what-ifs” and regrets. The message is, “Look what you missed out on. Look what you could have had” and let’s help you relive that over and over again. Like a dog that’s soiled the carpet, we rub their noses in their abortion choice. It’s the most unloving Sunday I know of.
Most of the women that have had abortions and the men who abandoned them already know what they’ve missed out on. They, better than anyone, understand what their choices have brought them: a lot of pain and heartache. They wonder if they’ll ever be the same again, or will they forever live in the land of regret. That’s where the church can come in and help ease their pain and comfort them. But instead, the church’s response at times is to tell Christians how to vote and what side of the issue to be on. This kind of cold response only causes hurting women and men to retreat further into their dark world of shame.
The good news is this: that Jesus, the Bread of Life, the Living Water is real and offers true and lasting life and restores all that is broken. That those who’ve aborted don’t have to be defined forever with the secret they carry. They can trust that Jesus doesn’t condemn them. He knows what happened and why it happened. For this He died! He wants you to trust Him to bring new life to your dying heart.
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A woman who has an abortion or ends a pregnancy on her own never stops thinking about what they could have had. Ever. She may not talk about it. There’s to much shame in that. Too much pain. They may have days when it is not conciously thought of, but there are moments, always moments that bring that choice back to mind. Then they usually cry alone. Silent tears that no one see’s or hears. However, I’d never thought about the idea that Jesus died for that very choice.
This is powerful! So very healing, I believe, for many.
Some things that have been broken simply cannot be fixed. You break an arm, you heal. A leg, you heal. Your nose, you heal. It’s no big deal. Your heart and soul. You’re dead, even if you are still breathing.
“The good news is this: that Jesus, the Bread of Life, the Living Water is real and offers true and lasting life and restores all that is broken.”
This makes me want to scream. I feel a rage storming through me at these words, yet I don’t even understand my own response to it.