Abortion

     My heart weighs heavy for the unborn child.  I have never been raped or left as a single, pregnant woman and been faced with decisions to make regarding an unborn child, but I do know there are families throughout America who would love to adopt a child.  What is being talked about regarding abortions today, right up to birth, is simple murder.  These babies were created by God, and they need a chance at life.  Psalm 127:3  "Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord; and the fruit of the womb is His reward."  
     In honor of the unborn child, I put together the following:

                     Abortion 

In the beginning, you knew me Lord;

How I was yet unborn, even though you knew I would not live to face the morn.

You, oh Lord, designed me special as your very own vessel;

Every eyelash, every finger, every toe, every vein in which my blood would flow.

You designed me in every way, though you knew I would not live to face the day.

I never lived to play, or to fulfill your holy plan, for my life was taken through wickedness of man.

In silence, I screamed in my plight; was bloodied in my innocent fight.

From my own momma's womb, I was defenseless against my doom within the walls of an abortion room.

I struggled and sought to cry, wondering, "Why?"

My own mother's womb would mark my doom.

Where I had felt warm and protected, pain seared through my tiny person, and my condition began to worsen.

I was ripped from the womb, limb by tiny fragile limb;

Never to see the light as all went dim;

Never to breathe or teethe;

Never to cry or blink an eye;

Never to play or pray;

Never to be loved, to love, or stare at the stars above;

Never to fail, succeed, or live for a story to tell.

Through wickedness of man, I never will or never can.

My life was taken before it began. 

But you, oh Lord, knew me before I was born; and I will awaken to you in the morn.  

                            Mary Crisp Jameson 

RESCUED

     He was well hidden in the shadows, watching for an opportune moment to strike; a moment when his victim would pass by, unaware of his presence. 
     His cloak was dark, his eyes alert, and his adrenaline was pumping.  Yet, he waited patiently, ready to lure his victim into the darkened alley with his deceptive promises.  He didn't just want to deceive and humiliate.  He wanted to claim his victim's very soul.  There would be no compassion and no sympathy from him, for there was no love in his heart.
     If this is not how you envision Satan, reconsider!  Satan is constantly roaming, waiting to deceive.  When the Lord asked Satan in Job 1:7, "Where have you come from?"  Satan replied, "From roaming throughout the earth, going to and forth on it."
     The second part of this murderous story comes with a hero who rescues.  He is mysterious!  Who would have expected Him to come in the form of a poor, lowly servant, instead of a rich tycoon?  Here we find a power of love beyond all comprehension.  Here, we find a force, a power which we can choose to receive within ourselves; One who will live and guide from within.  Here we will find a hero who is no superman in uniform but a heavenly spiritual being; One who can rescue us from the darkness of despair and the evil one's desires.   When we are watchful, alert, and diligent in our prayers, Jesus intercedes.  Satan simply cannot derail God's redemptive plan.  Satan's power and forces of evil are overshadowed by God's greatness, His love, and the Cross of Jesus.
     God reinforces his great power when He tells us in 1 John 4:4,  "You are from God little children, and have overcome them because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world. "  

....For more on this true story of the Holy Spirit who lives within, the Son of God who died on the cross, rose again, and intercedes for us, and the only true God who is omniscient and omnipresent, read the greatest book on earth, The Bible.