Life isn’t easy. Many times we may feel like we are getting torn to shreds emotionally and spiritually as we journey through life. Jesus never said to just relax, do what you want, and enjoy your life, but He asks each of us to go out into the world and spread His message. Jesus makes it clear that the journey won’t be easy when He says that He is sending us out into the world like lambs among wolves.
I could really see the wolves gnashing their teeth the past couple of weeks after the Supreme Court officially announced their decision to let each state decide the legality of abortion. The news media is a very powerful force that has gone from just reporting the news to telling us what we should think is right. The media has a very loud voice that is broadcast almost all day to the whole country and can drown out the views of the ordinary person without access to a network and camera.
Should we base our morals on what the media decides is right? Should we even choose our morals based on what the majority of Americans determine is what is right or wrong? Of course not! If 80% of Americans thought it was OK to steal money from the government, it would still be wrong to do it. If 61% of Americans thought it was OK to abort a baby, that doesn’t change the fact that it’s a grave sin to commit murder. Well, when does life really begin? Even the greatest minds, can’t be 100% sure as to when life begins. Are we willing to risk damage to our eternal soul by supporting abortion when we aren’t even sure when life begins?
Abortion is a big result of another issue the wolves are trying to change – our sexuality. Human sexuality is presented to us in a very disordered way. I saw something in the news the other day about a group of women trying to get approval from a local city government to allow women to go topless on a beach. One woman said that she would like to de-sexualize the image of a woman’s body. De-sexualize a woman’s body? Sexuality is a God given gift to us that is wonderful when used correctly between one man and one woman in the bond of marriage. We shouldn’t try to take the sexuality out of us, distort it, or abuse it. Hollywood shows us more and more of a person’s physical body and less and less of a person’s soul.
All forms of media are encouraging teens and young adults to be more sexually active. This leads to more unwanted children and more unhappiness. For those willing to carry the child, it can lead to the child either being a tax on the mother or possibly to the child being raised in an orphanage outside the structure of a loving family. Birth control and contraception usage has also greatly encouraged the unmarried to be more sexually active. While these methods can reduce the rate of pregnancy, they promote a general culture of increased sexual activity and “safe sex” which can lead to more unwanted pregnancies. When we keep sex between a husband and wife who are open to life, even an unexpected pregnancy will lead to a child being born into a loving family. Abortion isn’t much of an issue anymore if every child is born as a part of a loving family. Abortion is a major result of a selfish hook-up culture who is more concerned with their own pleasure than who they may hurt in the process. When an “issue” comes up, they just go to the doctor and ask them to just make it go away.
There are millions of babies who have longed to hear their mother’s nurturing voice, to be comforted in their mother’s arms, and to be truly loved. They didn’t get that chance, but got rejected and sentenced to death by the very person who gave them life to begin with. If we can’t give our child a good life or don’t want that responsibility, at least make one sacrifice for the child and allow them to get the chance at life and love. Our mothers each gave us that chance at life and I don’t know anyone who isn’t thankful to them for that opportunity. Remember that the world will always try to convince us to do what is best for us, while Jesus will always call us to do what is best for someone else.
