The first 27 minutes of this video from Apologia include an interview with Jonathan Hill, explaining his bill and how important it is for there to be support show up! We as Christians must believe that "children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward" (Psalm 127:3), and if this is our belief, we can not stand back when we have such a poignant opportunity to stand for what we know to be true.
You can learn more at https://abolishabortionsc.com/. Please share this information with those who are passionate about the value of all life. Please pass the information on to your church leadership, as well, maybe they (or other churches you know in the area!) would like to put together a team of volunteers (maybe to carpool if you live further away?). *Please* pray for the outcome of this rally, no matter where you live, and if you are in the state of SC, would you put one day aside for this cause? Who knows how many precious lives, made in the image of Christ, can be saved by your presence for one day. The Lord sends the fruit, you have only to obey the task he sets before you!
And I would like to add one thought to this opportunity to serve the Lord... It's exciting to be apart of something that looks so big for a day. It's easy to say "I can make the time once." But I would challenge you to this thought. These mothers who would be pushed into an abortion now, their babies will be saved if this passes through. But the church's work doesn't end there. Our work is just beginning! There will be families who will give life to these babies, created in the image of God, who would have formerly taken the "easy road". They may feel poverty. They may feel truly unqualified to raise their child. There will be children born out of wedlock.
Don't turn your back on them now. THIS is where your opportunity to flesh out the gospel will truly come into play. Provide for those who are struggling. We need families who will be open to welcoming a child into their home - to help a family care for them, or even to embrace them as their own. Do not shun the single mother.
On this last - I do not say applaud any sin that may be within these circumstances. I simply ask that you realize that these babies are NOT defined by the choices of their mother or father. I can't tell you how many mothers now, with the choice to have an abortion, choose life because they know it is right, and then find all backs turned and lips curled, even from those who claim children are the gift of God. God allowed *good* to come out of less than desirable circumstances. We can correct the sin, and still rejoice that God brings beauty from even the very sin we find ourselves in. That baby's life is sent by God, and that small life is here by his purpose. And that baby's parents are a sinner in no more need of the gospel than you and I were, and no less deserving. That baby, that family; now that they are just beginning, now is the time they will need not just our words and our one day rallies, but our genuine, serving love through day in and day out. To end abortion is just the beginning. And what a wonderful, exciting blessing to be apart of bringing about the protection of life! But when that life is safe on earth, then begins the real work; loving as Christ loves, and fighting for their eternal soul as well.
I don't say this to discourage those who thought this would be a simple affair, or downplay the absolute need and wonderful opportunity of this rally. I say this to remind you of the awe that God uses *us* to bring about his work. I say this to remind us that for many women, abortion is not their desire, but what they feel they must do, for lack of help. And I say this because we must truly count the cost of our service to the Lord when once we decide to place our had to the plow... and I do believe we must find it worth ten times it's weight in gold, and a hundred fold repaid in the joy the Lord will bring in the perseverance.
Tuesday, May 4th, 10 a.m., one week from now, at the SC State Capital, stand for the least of these. And then, never back down.
Rejoicing in the gospel,
Ambrielle
Hey, girl! Isn't it like me to comment on your blog post almost a month after you've posted it? Thank you for this post. Keep posting like this. The more voices these children are given, the better!!
ReplyDeleteAnd just as much like me to answer the comments three weeks weeks later, lol!
Delete<3 <3 <3 This post was written to bring attention to the good work people such as yourself were doing down there, it takes everyone's small acts within God's plan!