Life? Choice? Love

As some of you may know, I am Pro-Life, with an all-consuming passion for abortion. Not a day goes by where I don't have it on my mind and in my heart. I weep for the poor victims of this malicious act of murder. Victims which include not only the precious babies who never got the chance to breathe, but also for their mothers; their fathers; grandparents; siblings; aunts and uncles; and the whole host of people who will inevitably suffer from the results of this "choice".

I am a member of a few Pro-Life groups online and some which appear to be simply "anti-abortion". I don't like the term "anti"-anything. It is not conducive to love and compassion. I have so much love in my heart. Something I believed was a curse for many years. I have a lot of empathy, even when I can't possibly understand or sympathise with someone's circumstances. Even on the topic of abortion, I struggle to muster up the hatred (for lack of a better word) and I now understand that this is a quality in my character, rather than a flaw.

I believe in love knowing no bounds. I believe in a benevolent and merciful God. I believe that in order to call myself a true Christian, I should be following Christ's lead, and this means before anything else, to love!

I believe God gave us free will and hoped that we would not abuse it. As I have mentioned before on this blog, our free will is so important to God - why would He want a bunch of robots who only love and honour Him because they have to? He gave us autonomy and allows us to choose to love Him, of our own accord, even when sometimes there seems to be a better offer on the table.

You see, choice is so important to God, and therefore it should be important to us, too. This is why I can't categorically state that I am not "pro-choice". It is unfortunate that the pro-abortion community seem to have taken the word "choice" away from it's true meaning and told us that if we value life above all else, we cannot possibly claim to be an advocate for choices in life.

I resent this. I choose things every day of my life! This doesn't make me any less of a Christian. It doesn't make my heart break any less for the victims of abortion, or euthanasia, or gendercide. It doesn't make me any more of a person that the next.

So rather than labelling myself as "pro-life" or "pro-choice", I choose to call myself "PRO-LOVE". I didn't fit into any of the pre-defined boxes relating to this cause, so I have created a Facebook page [here] of my own, and although I'm not entirely sure where this passion may lead me, I feel it is the right time to share it with the world.

I am not against anyone. I wish that abortion was never legalised, but then again there would still be occurrences of the "procedure" taking place in back alleys and underground clinics. I pray that one day, rather than simply outlawing abortion again, we are able to eradicate it completely, just from educating our young people and adults and guiding them into making the right choices.

1 Corinthians 13:13 tells us, "Three things will last forever--faith, hope, and love--and the greatest of these is love." I believe that love will change the world. It already has done once before, when Jesus sacrificed His own blood for the sinners of our world. How many more babies will have their blood shed, as living sacrifices, before we recognise what we are doing?!

It needs to stop. Now.

I'm ready to battle; I'm ready to stand up and be counted. Let's re-educate our world.

Are you in?

The Big Debate

I suppose that this is the perfect time to post this, with the March for Life just happening yesterday, although it doesn't seem that there was much media coverage of that anyway!

I've been conducting a lot of research into a topic which has always "interested" me but I never really gave it much thought.

Abortion.

For the record, I have never had an abortion, though I know women who have. I am not here to judge anyone, rather, to offer love and support to them if they need it, either before or after the fact.

I've always had an interest in abortion, probably in a macabre sort of way as I am fascinated with the whole spectrum of life; the development of an unborn child and all events leading up to birth are amazing and truly are a natural miracle! Death is also a fascinating concept, when you really sit down to ponder it. It was inevitable that I would eventually come across abortion-related topics during my thanatological research sprees!

So I was doing some reading and I bought a few books, downloaded a couple of articles, watched a load of videos and followed a bunch of groups, Pinteresters and Twitterers (?) and I felt myself developing a heart-wrenching passion for this cause. I sat in tears as I relayed to my husband some of the things I had learned. It has taken over my whole life and I am starting to wonder if this is what people mean when they say, "when you've found your 'calling', you'll just know".

I'm not categorically saying that I think God is calling me into Pro-Life work as such, although I would love that, I am just saying that after all the times I've cried for Him to, "Break my heart for what breaks Yours" I think He is., and I'm finally receptive to it!

So what does "Pro-Life" mean to me?

I believe that being pro-life encompasses more than just the abortion debate. It is about ALL aspects of life, including: euthanasia; stem cell and embryonic research; foetal tissue experimentation; suicide; capital punishment; contraception; IVF; and many other issues and topics.

I believe that life is sacred and that it should be protected, from natural conception to natural death, and during all the stages in between!

My heart breaks primarily for abortion, though, and it is something I will probably bring up on this blog from time to time.

I believe that not only should we all, as Christians, be educating the general public about the truth of abortion, and helping them to make the right decision in their own circumstances, but we should be there for them afterwards. Regardless of their choice.

For instance, if the woman decides to go ahead with the abortion, we are not there to judge or berate her, we are there to act as Jesus would have; that is, we should love, help and support her as she comes to terms with her loss. Similarly, if a woman does decide to carry the baby to term, we should be prepared to give her support and educate her in the choices available to her. If she is not able to be a mother to the child, we should help her find an alternative, whether that is adoption or just a helping hand.

What I am trying to say is, Pro-Life doesn't end when the baby is delivered (dead or alive), it carries on as the family (mother, father, grandparents) come to terms with their new role and the changes and consequences to their lives.

I'm still learning and discovering new things everyday. I'm still not sure exactly where I stand on some issues, but I'm excited to figure it out, and even more excited to see where it may lead me.

If God has put this cause on my heart, you can bet that there's a reason for it... And I will follow wherever He leads!