Broken Arrows

-
Who decides the value of an individual being?

Who makes the judgment call to determine which persons deserve to live or die?

Who has the right to take another human life?

Looking at the way our global society has trended towards self-rule and relativism, the answer to these questions is ringing loud and clear:

Apparently MANKIND is the one who decides the value of an individual being;

MANKIND determines who lives or dies;

MANKIND has the right to take another human life!


THIS IS THE WORLD WE ARE LIVING IN NOW!

It's a world that has decided that each one of us can now do as we please based on our own preferred version of the truth, and often regardless of how each of our choices affects other people in the vicinity of our individualistic bubbles.

It's a world that has decided that the life of an unborn -- but already living -- child is not valuable enough let out of the womb alive. Or if they, by some fluke of medical procedure, make it out alive, we then exercise our self-given right to decide whether to let them continue living, or terminate their life right there and then.


IS THIS THE WORLD YOU WANT?

Did you want a world that snuffed out a light before they have even been given a chance to shine bright? Is it a wonder why we are all in such state of darkness?

Did you want a world that discarded unborn humans because they became an inconvenience to our lives? Is it a wonder why we are so quick to discard each other when are inconvenienced?

Did you want a world that placed great value on endangered species of animals but lightly esteemed the most precious species on the planet -- human beings? Is it a wonder why we treat each other with such disregard for one another's dignity?

Is this the world you want?

If so, congratulations! You got it.


THIS IS THE WORLD YOU'RE LIVING IN NOW!

It is a world that has decided that putting an end to a life conceived in a woman's womb is acceptable.

It is a world that has even permitted the termination of a baby that has reached its full gestational term.

It is a world that has legalized the killing of a human life.

How did we arrive at this destination?

Do we really not see the value of a week-old embryo in the womb?

How about the value of a nine-month-old fetus?


- - - - -


"Behold, children are a heritage and gift from the LORD,

 The fruit of the womb a reward.

 Like arrows in the hand of a warrior,

 So are the children of one's youth.

 How blessed [happy and fortunate] is the man whose quiver is filled with them..."
Psalm 127:3-5 AMP

Comments

  1. JucyMarch 21, 2019 at 11:23 PM

    Great piece! Thought-provoking and well articulated. I wish I wrote this one instead. 😊

    ReplyDelete
  2. MichaelMarch 22, 2019 at 7:53 AM

    : 😊 Thank you.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Paris: Cinquième Partie

-
Image
The rest of my seven-and-a-half hour tour of Paris was like a whirlwind trip to wonderland with a little bit of a suspense-horror vibe going on. Why, you might ask? Well, I arrived from Maastricht at around four in the afternoon. The sun was getting low and the darkness of the cold mid-winter night in the French capital was slowly creeping in. So, after about 30 to 45 minutes of just being mesmerized by the Eiffel Tower and its peripherals, I proceeded with my self-made itinerary, using the river Seine as my main point of reference. On my list of spots to briefly visit and take pictures of (and with) were the Louvre , Cathedrale Notre-Dame , Champ Elysees , and the Arc de Triomphe ... all of which I crammed into my walking tour. I make it first to the Louvre after Tour Eiffel. The museum was already closed, but I wasn't really there to see its interiors; I was after its very interesting external architecture. Perhaps I came at the right time of the day because both of th
Read more

One Change. One Chance.

-
Image
I could be bitter But I want to be better I want to be still, abide Be left intact in Love's abode I could all your mistakes accent But you as mortal I accept I could begrudge your faulty quest But in my heart come be my guest I have in lowly tryst just waited Believing all my faith's not wasted I want to shout it in a whisper Because I need this woe to whimper I could exact in full revenge But I loathe hate as revenue I will in trust refuse the torment Because in comes a blessed torrent I will get by with smile and whistle Believing hostiles will somehow whittle I will protest in justice wordless But I in hope not be workless
Read more

Letdown

-
Image
It's really hard running into people with a very fixed, one-sided view of things that are very intricate and multi-faceted. Really hard! I can't understand -- if we're feeding off from the same source material and being taught by the same teachers -- why some people still choose to cling to a piece of the pie and insist to everyone else that their piece IS THE WHOLE PIE! This is probably the reason why the body of Christ is as fractured as it is today: too many people upholding one biblical truth and taking it to the extreme... mowing down other truths AND PEOPLE in their wake. I once taught about this during one of our services, echoing what I have learned from my pastor (and from other pastors online and off) that there is a danger in going to extremes when it comes to scriptural principles. The Word of God is so rich, so powerful and so full of many beautiful facets of spiritual life that fit together to make a whole. Human as we are, we have a tendency to p
Read more