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50 Million Murders

The Truth
No one likes it. And no one wants to own up to it. But that doesn't mean it ceases to be there.

- In the last 39 years, approximately 50 million babies have been aborted in America.

- It is estimated that 3,322 babies are aborted every day.

- 93% percent of all abortions occur for social reasons (i.e. the child is unwanted or inconvenient.)


There is a boy in our church named Jeff.
His name is nothing unusual. His voice isn't weird. He jokes and laughs and makes conversation and has an appetite for donuts to match no other.
Some would say that he isn't normal, though
But who decides what is normal?
If he isn't normal, then I am seriously messed up, because he is one of the most genuine people I have ever known. He is not chained by petty inhibitions, he loves Jesus, and he is filled with authentic joy.
Jeff is a bit stocky, blond-haired, and his almond-shaped eyes are framed by glasses as he tells us what he's going to do when he graduates highschool.
Jeff has Down Syndrome.
And every one who knows him is blessed by it.


- Down Syndrome occurs in one out of every 733 babies born in the U.S.

- Over 80% of unborn children who are tested positive for Down Syndrome are aborted.

80% of the beautiful people like Jeff are murdered. Because they are inconvenient. Because they are too hard to care for. Because they aren't "perfect."

Perfect?

Right. Like you and I are perfect, and have the power to decide when to kill another innocent human being.
How prideful. To think that we know better than the God who created this child.
How selfish. To put our convenience over the life or death of a living being.


50 million voices have been silenced.

And somehow, the world thinks that it's okay.
But we do not.


For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Psalm 139:13

You shall not murder. Exodus 20:13





~In honor of Sanctity of Human Life Sunday, January 22~

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Being a Christian is more than attending church on Sunday. It is living out our faith, day by day, in our words and our actions. If we proclaim to be Christians, we need to proclaim it every single day.
Not just on Sundays.

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. (Matthew 5:16)

{Dear Sunset}

Dear Sunset,

I saw you last night. I saw the gold and the purple and the pink you streaked across the sky, so slyly preparing the world for pitch darkness which would over us like tar. Your beauty knew it wouldn't last: knew it was the forerunner to a blackout.

Children see you and remember that they are afraid of the dark.

You see trench coats and daggers, pistols and masks. In a facade of glory you light the last few minutes for the preparations of what happens what happens once you fade. In a charade of iridescent comeliness, you scheme with the men of the earth as they twiddle their thumbs and crack their knuckles and bide their time until you whisper goodnight and they can begin their reign of terror.

The innocent know, in that moment, that their streets are no longer lit.

You invite shadows to reappear. You beg fright to take hold. You cheat restless souls out of peace.

The smile your colors hold is deceiving as the plots are laid, the nocturnal wake up, and the chase begins. Your warmth and your beauty melt as quickly as the promises of the criminals who, in daytime, said they would amend their ways.

Night always comes after day. You always make sure of that.

I saw you last night, and I shuddered, because I finally know what it is you do. You pave the way for darkness.

And sunset, I am writing you because even though I know who are, you do not scare me.

I refuse to be afraid of you.

I refuse to be afraid of the dark.

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Mr. Tucket's New Year

Mr. Tucket, our beloved, (and very fat and lazy,) Chocolate Lab and Chow mix, heralded in the new year with much excitement.

The very picture of unbridled enthusiasm, don't you agree?

I hope you had a lovely new year's celebration and are enjoying 2012!