I think that remaining tenderhearted and open is one of the most difficult things to do when confronted by others who vehemently disagree with me regarding my position on the sanctity of human life. However, through the years I have learned that most often those fighting the hardest against me have wounds much deeper than those I had prior to the Lord's healing. Because Christ first Loved me, I am able to Love those who hate me...or at least hate my beliefs.
In my ongoing research regarding this Culture of Death in which we live, I find that many of those advocating horrific crimes against humanity have never known what it is to truly Love and be Loved. In fact, many of whom I have researched, including Sanger, Darwin, Freud, Reich, Kinsey, etc., had bitter, harsh, and often stringent upbringings void of even the most basic tenderness. I can't help wondering if much of what they lash out with was/is borne of the pain that only Christ Jesus can heal. Without His Love and healing they are left to bear the burden alone.
I take note of the account of Christ turning the tables over at the temple (Matthew 21:12). I doubt that the moneychangers felt especially Loved by Christ at that time, but I know He did Love them. He hated their sinful deeds.
Defending the helpless is to me very much an occasion to jump in with both feet and turn over the proverbial tables of the proponents of death. Abortion and euthanasia are not issues we can afford to be warm and fuzzy about, as there are lives at stake every moment of every day.
I must also state here that humans and animals are simply not on the same plane when discussing value of life. I have many animals in and around my home and would never advocate cruelty against them in any manner. However, though I would sell my home to provide medical treatment for my husband and children, I would not do so for my animals.
And so I move forward endeavoring to Love those who hate me because of what I stand and fight for, but I must remain unwilling to compromise. It is the Lord to whom I must answer in the end and I dare not be found wanting in the defense of the weak and helpless.
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I think you hit the proverbial nail on the head. The likes of Sanger, Singer, Kinsey, et al never understood love, and that could very well be the basis for their atheism, their strident attacks on Christianity, and of course their Darwinian view of society which leads logically to abortion and euthanasia.
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