A Permanent Solution for a Temproary Situation

Pregnancy is temporary.  It is a transition for a woman and her family, her support system, and those with whom she deals, but it is always temporary.

Picture pregnancy as a plane trip. You may or may not like to fly.  You may or may not be comfortable during any part of the flight.  Perhaps the trip is unexpected and disrupting really important plans.  Maybe you didn't even decide to get on board, you were forcibly taken in a traumatic event. No matter how you got there, after a period of time the flight will end and you will deplane.  Is there a risk of life? Yes, but millions of people fly every day without crashing. Airplane flights are temporary too. 

The average term for pregnancy is 40 weeks.  A woman may not even know she is pregnant for six or more weeks.  Thus the time frame is perceived shorter still.  Conception is the point at which the sperm and egg unite, creating a new human being.  Implantation happens up to a few days later.  Within 18 to 21 days, the baby’s heart is beating.  Another few weeks and you can see his form as he is being knit together in his mother's womb.  By six weeks, the time most women are figuring out they are pregnant, a tiny baby is clearly visible.  At ten weeks old, a very common time for women to seek abortion, her baby is complete.  He just needs time to grow, just as he does after he is born.  Yes, at this point, one can readily distinguish between boys and girls.

Forty weeks can seem like an eternity.  Even if pregnancy was planned, expected and greatly desired.  But most definitely, if the pregnancy is the result of an assault. Sometimes pregnancy is disruptive to plans because of the symptoms or even just unexpected, causing fear.  Stressors of various levels are common, if not expected during pregnancy. 

We must understand that stress is a part of everyone’s life.  Sexual assault shouldn’t happen to anyone.  Pregnancy as a result of rape happens more often that we would like to believe.  Too many women still remain silent.  For women who disclose the assault, people will assume she wants abortion or even try to persuade her to abort.

Abortion does not un-rape a woman.  It kills her child, robbing her of her maternity.  She becomes complicit in a crime against another person.  The retaliation against an innocent human cannot bring justice due to the aggressor.  The rapist should be punished, not the child.

 Abortion procedures vary, but most scrape the uterus after killing the baby by removing him, tearing his limbs off, cutting him in pieces and crushing his skull.  The sudden drop of hormones often causes depression and other physical symptoms and causes interruption in the differentiation of the mammary glands, particularly in first pregnancy.  Those two violent physical assaults on a woman’s body do not compare to what happened to her child, but do carry long term risks.

Risks associated with abortion are physical: perforation of the uterus, damaging other organs, scarring causing future miscarriages or inability to dilate, requiring cesarean sections, excessive bleeding, abnormal periods, breast cancer risks and sleeplessness.  Risks are emotional: depression, guilt, inability to grieve, extreme loss, anger and frustration.  They may also be mental or cognitive:  inability to make decisions, trouble concentrating, self sabotage in relationships, jobs and goals, scattered or disjointed thinking.  These are just some of the risks.

Pregnancy is temporary.  Women need not subject themselves to any of these risks.  Pregnancy carries risks too.  So does crossing the street, driving or swimming.  If you are alive you are at risk.  The key thought here is that you don’t have to kill another human being, exposing yourself to excessive risk.

No matter where you live, you have options.  There is help for pregnant women.  From counseling to rent, millions of prolife people are willing to help you through this temporary situation, no matter how you happened to find yourself pregnant.  Online? Search pregnancy help. 

There is never a need to choose abortion as a

permanent solution to a temporary situation.

What do you say when someone suggests abortion is the answer?

Are You Ready?

Ready for what?  You might ask.  This is a loaded question in this format.  If you were planning to go to the mall or the beach, you would know exactly what to be ready for.  For the purpose of discussion, We’d need more information to be able to answer the question.

The US has been in decline for a number of years.  Depending on your perspective, it may have started in 1963, when prayer was removed from government schools.  The prayer, recited by millions of students, went something like this, “God bless us, our teachers, our parents and our country.”  That’s it, a simple plea for goodness.

The major transgressions in high school in those days before 1963 were: talking out of turn, chewing gum, running in the halls.  Todays list: drug abuse, unwed pregnancy, violent bullying and rape are examples of a moral perspective reversal.

Perhaps you look at economics.  Our gross domestic product is down, unemployment is up, more people have left the work force that have entered it and we have a national debt of just over 17,000,000,000,000,000.  A new statistic out this week stated that 4 out of 5 people in the USA are unemployed or underemployed and receiving some form of assistance. This is insurmountable.  Social Security is technically bankrupt.  Medicaid is presently unsustainable and increases tied to Obamacare will drive the final nail into our economic coffin. 

Our children are more indoctrinated than educated.  They are told what to think instead of how to think, reason, analyze, innovate, problem solve and contemplate.  Common Core removes classic literature and replaces it with propaganda similar to that of Joseph Goebbles. Speeches and ceremonies are strictly confined to the collective view and individual exceptionalism is discouraged.  

Government education is run by unions and driven by a distant government.  The parents and teachers on the front lines are bound by dictates they did not choose for their own children.  Data gathering is in full swing on every student and every member of their household.  Some schools have replaced hall passes and installed retina scans to track the students in the near future. Freedom is a mere perception.

Perhaps the decline began in earnest in 1973.  Our population is aging out.  The US population has legally killed more than 50,000,000 children surgically. That sounds so clean, but really, it means we tore them apart and pulled them out of the womb, using surgical instruments for the sole purpose of saving the mother’s life, so she can do it again, if she wants for any reason at any time.  Then there is chemical abortion, which is incalculable. 30,000 Older US Americans are leaving the workforce every month?  This is of course and estimate, but clearly we cannot replace them and many of them will need eldercare. Youthful, innovative ideas from US are becoming rare.  Age is one aspect, regulation is another factor.

Taxes are draining the life out of many people .  Most people who work, will work from January 1st to May 30th for the government.  Motivation is sapped from our people.  Close to 47% of people don’t work or work less and collect the benefits of those who do.  The scale will tip at some point soon and the listless will not be able to carry the rest.  Productivity and work ethic must be rewarded or it dies too.

This recent course has undetermined consequences, but anecdotal evidence suggests that increases in allergies, intolerances to foods, obesity, chronic illness, autism spectrum disorders and Diabetes could be the tip of the iceberg. America’s health is not optimal as it relates to longevity. 

Our food supplies are controlled by a few.  Huge conglomerates and Monsanto control most of our food. The local grower is rare and regulated by big government.  Most people eat foods from very far away, depending on trucking, infrastructure and fossil fuels.  There have even been a few cases of local producers being punished for breaching regulations or giving foods away. Our dependance is staggering.

Back to my original question: Are you ready?  We cannot even imagine what to be ready for.  Will chaos ensue?  Will martial law confine us to our homes?  Will new economic system require us to submit even more just to eat?  Will money become obsolete?  Will people become enslaved or rebel?  Will lawlessness cover the earth?  

This one thing I know.  I am ready.  I may not have the things I need to live here on earth, but when I die, I am ready to meet my Maker.  I believe the Bible: that Jesus came to earth as a man to redeem me from the law of sin and death.  He paid for me. 

I try to follow the New Covenant teachings of love your neighbor, be generous, be kind, forgiving and serve others.  I choose to live a life of denying my selfishness and doing my best to be excellent in everything I do, as I work for the King of kings.   

I don’t have all the answers, but what do you think, how do we prepare?

Shine On

As a young Christian mom, I wanted to share my faith and knowledge of God with everyone I met.  I had so many miracles in my young life, so many supernatural experiences, that no one and nothing could shake my faith in Jesus Christ as my savior and the only Son of God.

My daughters were involved in gymnastics.  The owners of the gym were having marital problems and shared their concerns with me.  The husband really wanted to hear from God.  I counseled them to spend time in the Word, the Bible.  We had many hours of conversation and at some point they decided to divorce.  I was devastated. 

One of my confidants told me the I was part of the problem rather than part of the solution.  She said, “You shine the light too brightly.  It hurts the eyes.” 

I dealt with everyone and everything by the Book. I still do, but I am much quieter about it.  My faith has been attacked, tested, tried and people have been cruel, but that is not why I am quieter.  I was in a hurry back then.  I had the end of days on my mind at all times.

For many years, even though I witness and share my faith in general conversation, the Scriptures came out in conversation without citation of chapter and verse.  In the early years it was very intentional and I had to really stop myself.  Recently, I find that the Scripture finds its way to conversation without any effort at all.  

Of course, I still read and study, listen and meditate on Bible passages, sermons and music.  Garbage in: Garbage out, as they say, works in reverse for Believers. 

I never wanted to be a Bible thumper or to shine the light so that it blinded anyone. I do see the world in the death spiral though.  The explosion of knowledge has begun that Daniel spoke of.  I often think of the time that is spoken of in Scripture when every thought in men’s heart will be evil continually.

We are so close to that now.  Even though it is unintentional, we are thinking other people’s thoughts when we read what they wrote, when we watch tv or even news, listen to music.  We are entertaining other people’s imaginations, the images they want for us to engage. 

We can choose to turn from evil thoughts and wrap ourselves in good thoughts.  It takes effort.  It takes determination.  It takes the supernatural Spirit of God to keep us from real evil though.  

Thankfully, all we have to do is ask for it.  That is such Good News.  There is no long list of demands, not set of rules, no works of sacrifice for us to receive the power to avoid evil.  It is a free gift to us.  The price was paid by the Creator Himself.

How do you acknowledge God in your day?

What if They Rebelled?

Every major historical event, as well as every minor event in history began as a thought, a decision made either by someone or by a group of individuals.  To decide essentially means to cut away at an issue so as to take a course of action.  We must separate the various aspects of a given problem or opportunity in order to decide how we will proceed.  At one time, one person’s decision will impact a relatively few people and other times millions, even billions, of people are affected by a decision made by one person.  We live in a very small world these days.  The prophetic ‘explosion of knowledge’ is definitely here.

I am writing this in New York City.  I dropped my daughter off at school and walked 26 blocks back to my room.  There were literally tens of thousands of people in that space here, every one with his or her unique, personal story, each one of those people making decisions every day.  Some will affect few others, but some will have long lasting and far reaching consequences.  A few of the decisions made today will have world wide impact.  It may seem unlikely, even to the person deciding, but history will record it.

The dichotomy of this area is astonishing.  The majesty and ingenuity of the buildings, the beautiful clothing and fine art are juxtaposed with the urine soaked streets and the massive amount of decay.  The wafting smell of gourmet food and within a few steps, spilled grey water from this morning’s pumping.  There are so many reparation projects; one may only walk a couple of blocks of the city without entering a safety barricade or walk under scaffolding.  Time and circumstance have a way of degrading things. 

As I walk, I am in awe of the magnitude of the place, but more so of the history of this place and of the people here.  So much history has already been made and so much is being made even today. 

I recall, as I walk, Mayor John Lindsay and his various troubles.  He served as mayor from 1966-1973.  During that tumultuous time of racial unrest and labor unions, sex, drugs and rock’n roll this liberal politician dealt with many social and economic issues.  Most prominent in my mind are the strikes.  They brought the city to its knees.  Maybe the most widely publicized, was the garbage strike.  It took just 9 days to change the economic structure for the workers, their families and incidentally the whole city because of the increased taxes imposed.  10,000 people refused to work for just over one week and the whole country was alarmed.

In 1916 New Yorkers had been instrumental in the ‘Bread and Roses’ strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts too.  A new law reducing the number of hours women and children were allowed to work prompted one mill owner to reduce the pay for employees.  A couple of women walked off the job and a two month strike ensued.  As you might imagine, people from around the country got involved. 

Children were sent to New York until the strike would end.  This became a messy affair.  Many people suffered, went hungry, went to jail and a few were killed.  During a response by police to the plans to send away more children, one mom was beaten to the point of death of her unborn baby.  The workers eventually won many benefits, but within a few years lost just about every one.  

One mill owner decided to reduce pay.  I wonder what he weighed to make that decision.  I wonder how the history of those events helped to decide the strategies strikes of the 60’s and 70’s in New York.

As I look at the immensity of this one city and ponder the events of the history here, I wonder how many people were involved in making decisions that changed the course of history for so many people.  Just think about policy decisions enacted and the impact they have. It can be astounding.  The financial cutbacks in police and public health services of the late 60’s and early 70’s here in New York City surely contributed to the rise in communicable disease and increases in violent crime. The reinstatement of programs and the rebuilding of the police force brought noticeable decreases.

I wonder about September 11, 2001.  I am sitting a short distance from Ground Zero.  The impact and number of people killed that day, because of the decisions of a small group of people, cannot be overestimated.  Every single one of those people were important.  Their individual and collective contributions to this world are inestimable. I wonder what they would be doing now, if they were alive. 

I wonder because about that many people, more than 3,000, are killed every day by abortionists in the United States alone.  What would all of those people be?  What would they do? What inventions, what cures, what art, what valor, what wonder would they have contributed to us, to each other, to the future?  I wonder what would have happened if the employed people of 1973 had gone on strike at the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton Decisions. What if they rebelled?

I wonder especially here, because New York City has had many notorious abortionists.  This is where Margaret Sanger started, what is now called, Planned Parenthood.  This is where the shift in perception of abortionists changed.  Once, all abortionists were thought of as despicable, dastardly criminals.  Even the New York Times and the Tribune reported abortion as an absolute evil.  Then some time during the 1930s and 40s there became a distinction between degenerates and ‘skilled’ abortionists, between disreputable filthy killing centers and clean equipped facilities.  Suppose that change never occurred.  

In the 50s and 60s the general economic status and standard of living were on a steady incline.  Just about every area of the country’s services and industry increased.  Conveniences of all kinds gave way to increases in free time and excesses.  The influences of spiritualism and people like Aleister Crowley and other deviant leaders lead people to believe that there is no need to submit to a creator God, but that everyone has the power to be their own god and “Do what thou wilt”.  The country’s inner conscience was insidiously and slowly withering.  The promotion of the ideas of Spiritism spread with slow quiet intent.  The Rock music and subculture that had started in theory in the early part of the century were coming to a head in the 60s and 70s.  By 1971 it was clear to some that there would soon be a major action against the laws that protected babies and their moms from the terror of abortion.  

There have always been prolifers.  They were not necessarily called that.  There have been matrons and mentors who steered young women away from exploitation when moving to the big city and those who would care for girls and women pregnant out of wedlock or by unscrupulous men. 

There were still many prolifers who protested and provided opposition to abortion and many who did not throw their hands up when the Supreme Court circumvented the foundations of our society, including the Declaration of Independence, the bill of Rights and the Constitution and the legislature by handing down the decisions that resulted in the horrendous, brutal murder of approximately 50 million babies and left as many women wounded, fathers robbed of their heritage and a country offering blood sacrifice daily on the deceiving alter of convenience. 

There were, according to the census bureau, close to 210 million people in the US at that time.

• What if all the employed people walked off the job? 
• What if say, 5,000,000 people walked out?
• What of 50,000? 
• Would it have made a difference? 
• Could the people have taken back what had been subjugated by the Court? 
• How many of the people killed by abortion would be alive and among us today? 
• Would there be a Social Security crisis? 
• Would illegal immigration be tolerated by the administration? 
• Would the universities promote promiscuity and deviant behavior? 
• Would death reign supreme in Hollywood? 
• Would middle school students be marched through Planned Parenthood abortion facilities as a field trip? 
• What if the people of the time had a clear vision of what would result of the acceptance of the whole sale slaughter of millions of totally innocent people? 
• What if they rebelled?

With the many complex issues involved, such speculation may be unproductive, maybe even wasteful.  The box is open and the contents spilled out.  There is no taking it back now.  During a walk along the cobblestone streets of New York City it seemed prayerful.  I pray you’ll decide to open your mouth for the speechless, in the cause of all who are appointed to die.