Thursday, June 19, 2008

It's a beautiful day, BUT...

It is gorgeous outside. Junuary is officially over and we are into full on June. My flowers are still a little damp, but doing their darnedest to bloom. Even the vegetable graveyard (garden) is beginning to show signs of life. That is astonishing. It seems we do everything in our power to kill every living thing in there, but still, little green things are bursting forth from the most horrible soil on the planet: our vegetable graveyard.








It is warm and sunny. Birds are singing and insects are buzzing. I want to follow Lila's example and roll around in the green, green grass, soaking up the goodness of the day, and thinking of nothing unpleasant.



So the two last things I want to ponder today are politics and abortion. But my friend Randy sent me an email this morning directing me to the newest post on his blog. So I went and read it.



Remember that Star Trek episode where they had the people who lived in the city in the clouds, where everything is beautiful and perfect with no worries?(well, except for that crazy-gross orange sky. Yuck.)
Then there are the people who lived on the planet down below, in a rocky place. They dug in tunnels and lived a hard life.

Sometimes I want to be one of the people who live in the city in the clouds. Don't you ? Everything perfect. Nothing troublesome. Easy-peasy.



But honestly? I don't want to settle for that bubble-wrapped city of temporary, faux happiness. I want the real thing.



All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is by his great mercy that we have been born again, because God raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Now we live with great expectation, and we have a priceless inheritance—an inheritance that is kept in heaven for you, pure and undefiled, beyond the reach of change and decay. And through your faith, God is protecting you by his power until you receive this salvation, which is ready to be revealed on the last day for all to see.
So be truly glad.
There is wonderful joy ahead, even though you have to endure many trials for a little while. These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold—though your faith is far more precious than mere gold. So when your faith remains strong through many trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world.
You love him even though you have never seen him. Though you do not see him now, you trust him; and you rejoice with a glorious, inexpressible joy. The reward for trusting him will be the salvation of your souls.

1st Peter 1:3-9


Back to abortion and politics I go. On Randy's blog, he had a story from the Wall Street Journal about a survivor of a late term, saline abortion. She is a lovely young woman today. I look at her picture and am astonished at the sheer LIFE of her. The article should really be titled, "The Audacity of Life," not "The Audacity of Death."

How dare she live? In Barack Obama's opinion, she is not even a person. Here is a quote from the article, which was written byDaniel Alliott:
"As an Illinois state senator, Barack Obama twice opposed legislation to define as "persons" babies who survive late-term abortions. Babies like Gianna. Mr. Obama said in a speech on the Illinois Senate floor that he could not accept that babies wholly emerged from their mother's wombs are "persons," and thus deserving of equal protection under the Constitution's 14th Amendment."
Obama believes that reproductive freedoms are among our most basic rights. He has promised to do everything in his power to ensure that every woman has the right to choose death for her baby, whenever she wants throughout her pregnancy and for whatever reason she wants. He also will ensure that our tax dollars will pay for many of these killings.
It doesn't matter what language he softens it up with, death is death. I don't want my taxes to go for killing babies.

So, do you want to go back to the city in the clouds? I know. Me, too. But I won't bury my head in the sand while this is taking place.
I will never support a pro-choice candidate. I couldn't stand before God and explain how I thought it was the lesser of two evils.
When I look at the picture of the young woman who survived the saline abortion, I am crushed. We are blindly killing real people in the name of reproductive freedom and convenience.
When I look at her picture, I study her face and expression, thinking "She could have been mine."
Unlike hers, my saline abortion was deemed a success. My child did not survive.
And there is not enough room in the blogosphere to express my sorrow for that.


7 comments:

Sheryl said...

Wow!! Your honesty and transparency will save lives.

I don't like to get involved in political debates either. But you are so right, we cannot bury our heads in the sand.

Thanks for this post!
Sheryl

Michelle said...

I envy Lila.

We all want to live in a perfect world Didi, but that perfect world only exists after we pass.

My mother used to tell me that the way you look at life is thus:

Imagine yourself invited to a grand party, yet you have to bag all of your problems. So you put all of your problems in a bag, and when you arrive........your bag goes on a table with everyone else's.

You spend several hours with the rest of the people, listen to all of their problems and fears. At the end of the day, you will be grateful to pick up your own bundle and go home.


God NEVER gives us more than we can deal with. It's called GRACE. We learn from it.

Smooches hon.

You know I love you bestest!

Diane said...

You are so sweet and honest. You've given folks something to think about. I don't talk politics much either, but find myself more interested this year. We have very little to work with, but those views (and others) of Obama's... my goodness.

Hugs to you! Think I'll go roll in the grass.

Diane

Jess said...

diane -

this is really challenging for me...i think it is easy for me to make abortion a list of "issues" for me to use when evaluating a candidate...but, honestly, i have voted for pro-choice candidates before when i agree with them on other issues i feel strongly about.

but you put a face and a story with this for me.

it may change my vote this november - though i am surprised to say that.

thank you for your honesty - for pointing me not to the clouds, but to the heavens....


love
jess

Laura Paxton said...

Oh, to have the freedom from earthly concerns, like Lila!

Since I can't, I will just say that I agree, that man (and the other one - the lady) is scaring me...I fear for the future of our country with him in charge. I cannot vote for him.

(((hugs!!)))

Anonymous said...

I loved your comment on Amy Beth's blog so I thought I would check out your blog and I am so touched by your story (I read your testimony too). Thank you for sharing this link...and I agree with you whole heartedly.

Thank you for being authentic...it is always such a blessing to hear about how His Grace Abounds in our lives.

Amy Plumb said...

I just don't know what to say.