Samuel Alito was sworn in as a Supreme Court justice yesterday. I'm happy about that decision because I like his viewpoint. Perhaps people like me are pinning their hopes on Alito, Roberts and the other conservative justices to finally declare abortion illegal.
My husband would say the abortion issue is one of my "crusades." My real "crusade" however, is turning the hearts of people toward Christ. He is the ultimate solution to any problem. Though I have a concern about politics and the decision-makers in our country, the real problems lie in the hearts of the people.
When I was a crisis pregnancy counselor, my mentor told me, "If you deal with the client's relationship with God and get that right, the abortion problem will solve itself. If she's right with God, she will choose life." That advice has stuck with me. It applies to all aspects of life. If Christ is in charge of my life, I will make the right decisions because I am in His will. Jim Elliot once said, "God always gives His best to those who leave the choice to Him."
What has happened to Americans that we would choose actions and lifestyles that oppose God? If the hearts of the people are turned away from Him, no legislation will repair it.
The book of Esther is a good example of what I'm trying to say. Mordecai's enemy, Haman, tricked the king into making a law to kill all the Jewish people on a specific day. Once "the law of the Medes and Persians" was written, it could not be reversed. To make a long story short - the Jews avoided being destroyed because the king made a follow-up law saying the Jews could defend themselves. When the people of the land knew the king didn't really want the Jews destroyed, they didn't try to kill them. (This became the Jewish holiday of Purim.)
For us, it doesn't matter what the law of the land is - we should be more concerned about the hearts and minds of the people. It would not matter if abortion is legal or illegal. If the people are following God, they will make the right choice. If Roe v. Wade is overturned, the blackmarket abortion business will flourish as the liquor business did during prohibition. Evil makes the most of any situation.
I saw an abortion doctor on Fox News last night. She is one of a handful who perform abortions in South Dakota, a very pro-life state. She has great fervor about her occupation. She is spiritually blind. I pray that she has a Damascus Road experience as did the abortion doctor who did an ultrasound of the procedure. The video of the ultrasound became a movie called The Silent Scream - the baby turned his head and "screamed" before he was destroyed. That doctor never performed another abortion.
Dear Lord, open the eyes of Americans.
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