Does Legal Make It Right

When my mother was 44 years old, she made a trip to the doctor because she wasn't feeling very good. In fact she was feeling lousy. She had heard about menopause, but could it actually be happening to her? She explained her mood swings and nausea while the doctor examined her. She sat and waited alone in the little room while he went to check some test results that were being run.

When he came back she just had to know. "Well, what did you find out?" she asked him. "Oh, well, Mrs. Levell, you're pregnant," was his answer. She scoffed at him discredulously and with some anger. "How could he joke at a time like this?"

Well, he was right and now 33 years later, here I am. But if you know me, then here's the first reason why: My mother did not have an abortion.

See, the doctor told her that if she tried to have me she would probably lose me and might possibly die herself. Her body just wasn't up to having another baby. He recommended to her that she have an abortion. Wow! What a great mom to fight on my behalf!

Here it is 2008, and how many babies have been exterminated by "doctors" touting "a woman's right to choose"? It is legal, but does that make it right? Abosolutely not! Christians in America sometimes think with a split personality. They know what the Bible says, and they know what God commands us to do, but they keep an ace in the hole when it comes to their legal rights.

In America you can legally have an abortion, legally be a homosexual, legally gamble, legally get drunk, legally be profane, legally have pornography. However if it is contrary to the law of God, then it is sin. Sin separates from God. Sin brings death.

I will speak from my personal experience to tell why our country should totally outlaw abortion. I wouldn't be here if my mother would have taken her doctor's advice. I was unable to speak my will on the subject, so I needed a defender. I could have been murdered. Sure, it would have been in a sterile Nazi-like environment with clean surgical utensiles. Hmmm....why am I not feeling appreciative for their efforts? I wonder.

I like the story of Horton Hears a Who which says, "A person's a person no matter how small." I will also speak now back to that day when I had no voice, no personal defense or protection: I want to live!

Jeremiah 1:5 says, "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; Before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations.” Don't let this democracy get the best of you. If you have been bought by our Heavenly Father through the blood of His Son, then that over-rides all your "legal" rights that a country may give you. Jesus made it clear, “My kingdom is not of this world." We are living for an eternal kingdom where the souls of human beings are the prize being fought for. Speak out against abortion! The murder of the innocent!

Jesus also said, “And I say to you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear Him who, after He has killed, has power to cast into hell; yes, I say to you, fear Him!"

---Johnie