Pro--what? Roe at 37

January 22nd.  For most, not much of a date.  Christmas recedes in the review mirror of our memory.  Valentine's Day looms.  MLK Day, the time to honor a man who stood with character upon the principles of God Almighty.  But January 22nd?

On January 22, 1973, seven Supreme Court Judges made legal the 50 million-plus reported abortions that have occurred in the United States since that date.  How big is that?  Take these cities:

1. New York
2. LA
3. Chicago
4. Houston
5. Phoenix
6. Philadelphia
7. San Antonio
8. Dallas
9. San Diego
10. San Jose

Imagine every soul within those cities suddenly dying.  Got it?  All of those deaths would only be half of the 50 million killed through abortion.  Half.

Emotional topic in our country.  Volatile, even.  Are you Pro-Life or are you Pro-Choice?  That question blurs the heart of the matter.  What is at stake within the womb?  What resides kicking the uterine walls?  What is it that's making the woosh-woosh-woosh within the doctor's stethascope?  What is it?

No.  Who is it?  For the father and the mother, it is their child.  I heard a message this week where Terry Chapman said, "I have never heard a pregnant mother refer to the thing in her belly as a "blob of tissue.""  No, for the parents, it is their baby.

If you wonder what the Bible has to say about life in the womb, I encourage you to listen to Terry's message.  If you wonder if the God of the universe can forgive a person for aborting their child (he can and does, by the way), I encourage you to listen to Terry's message.  No, the Pro-Life movement isn't a pack of wild-eyed, rabid zealots.  Hear what a clear voice has to say about life in the womb.

There is little more grievous to God as the death of the innocents.  At the same time, God's lavish grace and mercy, as evidenced by the death of his Son on the cross to atone for ALL of man's sin, can heal and forgive the soul that has walked that dark valley.

Listen to Terry Chapman's message on this painful topic here. 

(Terry Chapman speaks about Terri Otto in the first five minutes of his message.  Terri was tragically killed the day before Terry gave this message.  She ached for the women involved in unexpected pregancies and was passionate about the babies they carried.  She ached for the women crushed with the guilt of having aborted their baby.  You can read my previous post about Terri here.)