Sanctity of Life

Sanctity of Life Sunday.  A day that we take to ponder on the precious gift that is life.  I think it is somewhat absurd that we need to have a day set aside to value human life.  It feels like common sense to value life.  We all want to live, survive and thrive.  So many people have wrote so many great arguments on this issue.  So many people who have all ready said what I am about to say, but I need to say it too.  I believe in the movement that is called Pro-life.  I believe in life at conception.  I believe abortion to be murder.  Did you know that in the first 18 days of 2015 over 53,000 babies have been murdered?  Those numbers are staggering.

I am a mother to a four year old little girl.  She was born in August of 2010 and she rocked our world.  During my pregnancy, we had some tests run.   The test came back. They told us we needed to come back for a second ultrasound.  We were informed that this little baby may have a disease where she wouldn't make it past the first year of life  and if she did her quality of life would be very poor.  They wanted to discuss our options.  A second ultrasound was done and it looked like everything was probably fine but there is still a chance they said that she could have a heart defect.  Were we positive that we wanted to continue with this pregnancy...they wanted to know.  With our absolute belief in the sanctity of Life and our knowing that God is in control, the thought of abortion never once crossed our mind.  That someone wanted us to consider it made me angry and sad at the same time.  With every pregnancy there is a chance that your child may not have a good life.  There is no way for us to know that and it is not up to us to end that child's life.  Now we have a happy, healthy, and princess obsessed beautiful little girl.  She is feisty and sensitive.  She is passionate and independent.  She is her own person all ready.  She runs full speed ahead and sings to the top of her lungs.  She has brought more joy into our life than I ever imagined and the thought of someone hurting her brings out the Mama bear in me.   She is a ray of sunshine that brings a smile to so many faces.  An amazing little girl who I cannot wait to see become an amazing woman.  Abortion, could have been for Emma.

 

 

I am a mother to a 3 year old little boy.  His story is much different than Emma's.  I don't know much about his first 9 months of life in the womb or much about his first 3 and half years of life outside the womb.  I do know that his birthmother was not in a great position to have a child at that time in her life, but she chose to give him life.  I know that just like so many other women out there she had sufficient "reason" to choose to end this little boy's life.  She chose life.  I know that 3 years ago we started the adoption process and had Rickie's mother chosen abortion, we would probably still be waiting.  God has a plan for every child.  Sometimes pregnant mothers decide to take that plan into their own hands and cut it short.  Because life was chosen almost four years ago, we have had the privilege to welcome this precious little boy into our hearts.  Rickie is so brave.  He has been through a lot in his 3 years but God has brought him through it.  Now we trip over trucks in the hallway and I have learned a whole lot about Thomas the train in a short amount of time.  He loves big trucks and birthday cake.  He cares so much and he is always checking up on each one of us.  His heart is so big and he is a constant reminder of God's grace to our family. It is truly like they say... Our love for Rickie grew in our hearts long before we knew him.  Abortion, could have been for Rickie. 

 

 

  

There are so many things reguarding abortion that we could talk about.  There are all kinds of statistics and stories that we could tell, but I wanted to talk about my 2 stories.  Emma and Rickie.  Two of the people who have changed my life in overwhelming ways.  According to the world, both of my children were lives that were disposable.  If you're a pregnant mother, don't let anyone tell you that are carrying anything less than an amazing person that God has a plan for. 

Psalms 127:3 "Lo, Children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

Psalms 139:13-14 "For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. "

Psalms 22:10 "I was cast upon thee from thy womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly"

Exodus 20:13 "Thou shalt not kill."

Jeremiah 1:5 "Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.