Showing posts with label 50 Million Names Project. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 50 Million Names Project. Show all posts

Friday, September 5, 2014

Amy

I am not "anti-choice"; I believe to kill someone without their consent before they can even take one breath of air is anti-choice. I am "pro-choice" and by that I mean pro-life. Was it the baby's choice to die? If not, how is that pro-choice?
The baby is not part of the mother's body – if it was, you could say that she has four legs, four arms, four eyes, two heads, two stomachs, etc and etc. Sure, she has the right to do what she wants with her own body. I completely agree with that. But the baby is not her body!
I think everyone has heard of the shootings that have happened in various schools – I believe one was in Connecticut – over the past year or so. Everyone is outraged, horrified, to hear about the children who died. I think 20 children died at that school in Connecticut. Horrifying. Rightly so.
But why in the world, if we are horrified at 20 deaths, are we not horrified at the millions of children who've been murdered? Children whose deaths the government has okayed, for crying out loud!
This, this is a violation of constitutional rights. At what point does someone's age change whether they have the right to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness"?
At ten weeks old, a baby is about an inch long. His tissues and organs are rapidly growing. He has teeny fingernails and his hair is just beginning to grow. Many people would argue he is not a person because he cannot survive without his mother. Well, in that case, one-year olds are certainly not people because they cannot survive without their mother. However, if I suggested killing all the one year-olds, you'd be horrified at me.
My sister is pregnant right now. From the time I knew about it I've been excited about my niece or nephew I'll soon get to know. From the moment of conception she had a soul. Psalm 139 verse 15 says "My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be." My little niece has a life ahead of her; she will dream and plan and sing and laugh. And that was all ahead of her from the moment of conception.

All I ask is that you call it what it is. Just look it in the face and say "A child just got murdered." If you can say that and you still think it's okay, then I have nothing more to say. But don't call it "abortion" or say you're "pro-choice" and I'm "anti-choice". No. You're anti-life. If you do not value human life, I can't change that. But call it what it is.

Today I named a baby Amy – "beloved" in French. 50 Million Names still needs 49, 997, 611 names. Go honor an unborn child. Violence is not the end of the story!

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Monday, April 21, 2014

50 Million Names

Her name is Naomi. Not very long ago, she was as real and alive as those who read this now. She was not a lump of tissues, not an unformed zygote; she was alive, she was human, though very small and, yes, unborn. 
She is dead; yet it seems strange to say that, dying unborn like she did. Seems strange to say she is dead as if she just disappeared and is gone. No! Just as He was resurrected, she is with Him now, this moment. One day I shall see her for the first time and tell her how I gave her her name. It's hard to believe that this isn't just symbolism; she's a baby who was murdered (so what if that sounds harsh? I'm sorry – that's what it is!!) who I had the privilege of naming through 50 Million Names.

50 Million Names Project is a grassroots campaign (a campaign that begins with ordinary people, not political officials or the like) that was started to honor the 50 million babies who have been aborted in America (though the number is more than that now) by naming them. I quote from the website, "Naming these children helps heal the wounds of family members, abortionists, and of our nation. Honoring them acknowledges the reality of their short lives, and connects Namers to their prayer intentions – for [the babies']… family members, and for the abortionists and witnesses who are now intimately connected with these babies."

Though I'm not personally connected with anyone who has had an abortion or a miscarriage, I believe 50MNP is a wonderful thing. (They still need many names, so stop by their website. At least check it out.) It feels good to know that Naomi is real and I can pray for her family and abortionist and know that she is with God.

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