Life Here and There

I know that there are readers of this blog from every perspective. I’m as pro-life and conservative as they come. If you’re not, I still love you, but I think we can all agree that when rising abortion rates correlate to an economic downturn, it’s tragic! The San Francisco Chronicle reports this story about the rising demand for abortion among those who wanted their pregnancies but have lost jobs or otherwise fallen on hard financial times.

I cannot stress how tragic this is to me. I normally try not to “blog on emotion” but my wife and I dedicated an entire day this week to research, prayer, and discussion about our infertility issue. It’s on our minds all the time. We’d lose everything financially to have another child. Meanwhile, children are being aborted because of economic hard times. In our church family are a half dozen homes (minimum) that wold love and nurture those children, people who have suffered and prayed and wept for a pregnancy and can’t have one.

The society in which we live is becoming more twisted every day. I’ve had my fill of the idea that having kids is somehow financially irresponsible. And like it or not, agree or not, we’ll pay for this. We will pay for our “choices” and the abuses of our “freedoms.” If you’re tempted to throw a life away because of the economy… call me!

By the way, at the end of my righteous indignation always remains a heart of compassion for every woman who has made this tragic choice. Even if you’ve had an abortion, I love you, God loves you, and God offers His forgiveness freely on the basis of His Son’s death on the cross for you. Turn to Him and simply ask.

And if you’re considering an abortion… start here.

Feel free to comment on this post, but please don’t argue with me about politics here – this issue is far more personal to me than political, argue your political point on some related post, but not here please.