Life.

My last post was all about death and after reflecting I thought some very profound thoughts. What else is also guaranteed about us? Life is. 10 out of 10 people live. You must live before you die. What is tragic about this fact though? We live in a society that believes that this is not a fact or that we can control this. We have begun to shift the way we think about life, as if we control it. We have introduced death into the world in the evil form of abortion.

Abortion is the termination of that which is living. There is dispute within the argument of life; "when does life begin?" My answer is simply--WHO CARES? Let us look at the problems of abortion in a the light of truth-since that is what people care about...and yet truth has been ignored.

Whether the life begins at conception or at birth, abortion is still wrong because:
- it is not natural,
- it is harmful to the mother,
- and it is not the intention of God

The act of sex is natural. Babies are natural. Sex produces babies. Therefore it is necessary that we expect that which is natural: babies are intrinsically expected to come from sex. It follows from this logic that we should have sex with full intent of having a baby, unless you don’t mind a surprise. To terminate the baby is to take away from the essence of nature. In the act of abortion we are overriding the forces of nature.

Abortion is not safe. Here are just a few complications that may arise as a result of abortion: bladder Injury, bowel injury, laceration of the cervix, breast cancer, higher chance of having ectopic pregnancies in the future, hemorrhage, infection, perforation of the uterus, placenta previa, dramatically increased chance of miscarriages, and sterility. These are not small issues and none of these things are safe. There is nothing safe about abortion. If, for just a moment, we were to assume that the death of the child was a good thing, then it still does far more harm to the mother and her future wanted pregnancies even if the ultimate end of an abortion was good.

The previous two reasons against abortion are pitter-patter compared to what I am about to propose. Given that you believe in an all-powerful God, then we believe that everything that is enacted is because He willed it. If He wills everything then we must believe that our God intends for life to be embraced and cherished. If a young lady is to have a child then it is because God has intentions for her to have a child (that He has hand made for her). Who are we to make the ultimate decision to end that life? By having an abortion we are ending God’s own intention.

You’re probably asking yourself, well then if God wills everything then wouldn’t He will us to have abortions. To me this is just silly. When have we ever known God to be a God of death? Because of our free will we have introduced evil and abortion to the world. Our sinful nature is the inverse of God. Abortion is definitely not God’s will. Why would He enable something just for it to be ended?

Forgive me, I am no expert on the matters of abortion but it seems to me that life is the most important thing that we have been given, so how do we have the right to take this away? We, of course, produce the baby but after this the life-giving process is out of our hands. God’s will is that there is to be a baby. It is sad to think that we have the nerve to strip an all-powerful God of His own intentions. I don’t know about you but I would not want to try to stop God and His intentions.

Life is not something for us to determine. Naturally speaking, there is nothing good that can come from an abortion. Abortion is something that has irreversible harms that go hand in hand with each other. Spiritually speaking, there is nothing good that can come from abortion. There is an evil that goes hand in hand with abortion.

The true fight against abortion boils down to a spiritual battle. This war will not be won at rallies or protests. This battle will be won on our knees. We need retreat to prayer and embrace our God of life.