Craig Clouston

Little Arrows

Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are sons born in one’s youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them.
Psalm 127:4–5

Having received three calls in the last two hours, the police chief was compelled to respond to the clinic’s complaints and asked the protesters to move an additional fifty feet from the clinic.
Suddenly, everyone’s attention went to the young couple exiting the building. They were smiling and holding hands. Still in college, they had not planned for children this early in the marriage. Unsure of how they would meet the medical bills or find the needed finances to raise the child, they had considered abortion.
They stopped and shared their decision to keep the child with the group outside the clinic. Elated by the news, several protesters donated money to help with immediate expenses. They gave them names and phone numbers of people willing to provide assistance, from aftercare to babysitting.
One protestor, an OB/GYN, gave them her business card and asked them to call her office for an appointment; she offered them free prenatal care.

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We are mistaken when we believe that the choices we make don’t influence others. Abortion is a procedure that ends life. The child is persecuted to death; they have no say in the matter, and the miracle of life is snuffed out in an act so wrong that there are no words to define how a holy God feels about it.
Roe v. Wade provides the legal right to end life in the womb; it does not justify it before God. It neither has the ability to stop the truth of how precious life is nor when it is conceived.
God alone is judge and jury; as His servants, we are to champion the unborn, love the unlovable, and be a guiding influence in difficult circumstances, reaching out when each opportunity presents itself. God can change lives when we make ourselves available.

Prayer

“Father of all Creation, forgive us for a selfishness and arrogance that allows us to end life in the name of personal choice. There are no excuses we can bring you. Reveal to the world Your heart regarding the sanctity of life. In Jesus’ Name, amen.”