Posted on 03/31/2009 12:15:06 AM PDT by 11bravo wolfhoundf
It’s 2:45 am and I cant sleep, so I got up to take a couple of pain pills I receive from the VA.
As I sat in my easy chair to wait for the pills to take affect my thoughts were of the night I was wounded. Suddenly my concern for my pain was interrupted with thoughts of babies being aborted. I reached for my laptop and began searching abortion topics. I remembered a film that came out years ago called the Silent Scream and did a search for it. I was unable to watch the film because I weep at the very thought of a baby being murdered.
I have always loved children and it just blows my mind to think that a woman could murder a child without blinking an eye.
I know it's wrong to question God, but many times I will ask him why he allows abortion to continue. I know we are all born with a free will to do as we please, but I still can't help but wonder why God allows abortion to continue.
As I surfed other pages the words Silent Scream seemed to stay with me and I stopped and listened for God to speak to my heart and I believe with all my heart that this is what he spoke to me.
While people are crying out in fear for their jobs and their savings they can’t hear the scream of all the precious tiny babies being aborted every day, but I do. While people are doing all the can to seek a better form of government and a better way of life they can’t hear the screams at the abortion mills, but I do. While people are going about their everyday business they can’t hear the screams, but I do.
I wish I could say that God spoke to me in a voice that was as natural as any other voice I have heard, but that’s not just not so. I believe he speaks to me in a way that others may not understand. I also believe he speaks to each of us in different ways. I’m just thankful that he still speaks to my heart when I pray our when I have a need. I’m glad that he is a just God and a patient. I know that one day the murders will stand before him and receive their just reward.
Please forgive all errors.
James
Your friend is weird, and his line of reasoning rests on some false assumptions.
For one thing, a cell is not a cell. Looked at under a microscope, there may seem to be no difference between an egg cell that was just fertilized by a sperm cell, and a cell I scraped off my cheek, but as anybody who knows anything about biology or biochemistry (and I hardly know anything about them, being a computer, econ, film, and physics nerd instead) can tell you, they are by no means the same.
So the question is not “when does life begin” even if that’s how the question is framed. What’s obviously being asked is “when does an individual human life begin?” Science says that life begins at conception, when the cell becomes the first cell of a new human. It may not fit our biases or preconceived notions, but neither does relativity or quantum theory, but in the end those theories won out because the science was all on their side.
Anybody who, with our modern knowledge, refuses to admit that individual human life begins at conception, is either ignorant or simply allowing their biases and preconceived notions to stand in the way of simply scientific reasoning.
I agree with many of the posts below that Church's have failed to carry this banner for the unborn. I believe that to be a sign of the times that we live in. Too many worry about building bigger buildings or filling the seats with the right mix of people..but the lost are still lost and the babies are still dying.
But I also know this. God is still on the throne. I believe that one day God will use me to reach out to women who have had abortions. I pray that I will have the courage to walk out what I so strongly believe. And I love you for having such a tender heart.
“The age old question is posed once more. Why suffering? Why death... disease... hunger?”
I can’t articulate my thoughts as well as the majority of folks here at freerepublic. If I could the title of this thread should have been - God hears the cry of innocents.
I don’t go around asking God why this and why that. My heart aches for the murder of the innocent lives being destroyed every day. I don’t even know why I have such a burden for the babies being aborted every day.
You see, I want to do more than just pray. My dream is to help those who don’t want their child to find a family who will adopt the baby. I would love to be able to work with a group of people who would build a home for unwed mothers. I say this at a time when my wife has lost her job due to a heart attack and my health is bad. I would still give all that I could to see my dream come true. My wife and I already help several families and we are maxed out financially.
I hope you all will try understand that this is just something that is heavy on my heart.
If you are asking why is there suffering in general...sometimes it is at the hands of our fellow man who has been given free will...sometimes God allows it for reasons we may not know until we see Him face to face.
Why did He allow His only Son to be beaten, stripped, humiliated, tortured, crucified, and stabbed in the Heart?
It might be too late at this point. A considerable number of people have been totally and completely brainwashed to devalue humanity. To them, a human life is a resource to be expended for quick and constant sensual gratification. It’s gotten to a level of depravity that has not been seen in the west for millennia.
Of course not. But, there are many questions one could ask as far as the many injustices that occur on Earth. See post #28.
I meant no offense. I was simply offering a perspective, but must have missed the mark. I hope you will accept my apology.
About this burden on your heart, sounds like God placed it there. I would pray about it and start looking for his answers. When you see the door open, step out on your dreams. If you ask, he will answer, but maybe not exactly the way you’d expect!!
Beautiful post! BRAVO! Could not agree more. I felt a bit of conviction in what you said because I know I could do more for the kingdom. Especially in the attitude realm. Too easy to do as the world does... not an excuse for Christians. We are called to be salt and light.
“I meant no offense. I was simply offering a perspective, but must have missed the mark. I hope you will accept my apology”
No offense was taken from your post montesquiue and no need for an apology. After I posted my reply to you I read and thought, “darn that reads like I might be mad.” After we hit the post button we can’t change a thing. I’m just glad you gave me an opportunity to clarify things.
When we reply to one another we can’t physically see one another or hear their voice. We see only words and sometimes it seems we are angry when we are not.
Again I thank you for given me a chance to explain things.
God bless and protect you and your family montesquiue.
James
Blessings to you, too, my friend!
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