Submitted by Lara Cook
If
a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. Mark
3:25
This month is Sanctity of Human Life month when we acknowledge our
belief that all human life is sacred. A
couple of days ago I realized how SOHL has changed so much, and a lot of those
changes have transpired over the last couple of years. We have evolved from Sanctity of Life meaning
a stand against abortion, then add Euthanasia and now to our present day
challenges of including religion, cultural differences, human trafficking,
gender issues, and the list could go on.
Human
lives are truly an endangered species because we are destroying ourselves from
within. America has become sick with a
horrible cancer and it is eating us up from the inside out. We are turned upside down where right is wrong,
and good is bad. Respect for others is
almost non-existent as people cry out against one another for any reason they
can come up with. As we focus on the
Sanctity of Human Life, we, as Christians, must remember that all life is sacred in God’s eyes. That doesn’t mean that we condone the
horrible hate crimes and police killings, terrorism, and intolerance. It simply means that when we look at someone
who is a part of these heinous acts, we have to remember that God created them
and we should value all life that He created.
If it is valuable to God, then it should be valuable to us. It is about separating the behavior from the
life. We can value life without valuing
what those lives stand for. After all,
it is an age old belief of Christians to love the sinner, not the sin, or at
the very least represent Christ and the Church in a positive way to all people.
God is the
one and only hope for our country. It
has become evident that even the election of a conservative President, that seems
to value Christian beliefs, is not going to be able to turn this country
around, fix what is wrong, or even Make
America Great Again, because there are those among us who are going to do
everything in their power to see that it does not happen. Sadly, it is a heart issue and no amount of
earthly power will help. Like a parent
with an out-of-control toddler, once you have given an inch, they take the mile
and then some, and getting it back under control seems impossible. We are an endangered species - in danger of
ourselves and totally destroying what we all work so hard to have. May God be with us and have His hand on us
through this turmoil. May we turn the
corner of hatred and self-destruction in this country, turning back to Him,
remembering why this country was established in the first place. So for the Sanctity of Human Life month, I hope
that we can remember that all life is
Sacred because God created every life.
Scripture to Claim:
Blessed
are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. Matthew 5:9
