rambling about a banner

I've made numerous attempts at blogging since my last post, but a combination of fatigue and the feeling of a lack of something worth saying always ended my attempt. Perhaps I have come across something that is worth drawing attention to. Hopefully I will be able to fight off this unusual fatigue I've been facing to finish this post!

While reading an online article, I came across a very intriguing and yet very sad banner. The banner read "Since the start of the Iraq war 7,630,472 American children have died to abortion." I could instantly see the tree hugging, antiwar liberals bawling their eyes out at one of their "don't cut down our trees" or "stop the war!" protest. (I'll be sure to post a link later as to what exactly i'm talking about with the trees.) Yet these same people-- passionate about the cause to save the environment and end the shedding of blood in foreign countries-- fight for a woman to have the power to choose what she wants to happen to her own body, even when this results in the dealth of a child.

But before I get too busy pointing fingers at people who have been blinded by "the god of this world," I should first point the finger at myself and my fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. Abortion is very wrong, and those that fight to keep it legal no doubt will have a price to pay. We must remember, however, that those who have not come to know the love of God cannot begin to value His word. But what about those of us who do know the love of God?

Most Christians will agree that abortion is wrong; the lines are blurred for some on determining if there is ever a case, such as rape, where it is permitted. I'm not even going to attempt to hammer away on that one. God's word is clear, and we either except all or none. While I am concerned that we do not do enough to save unborn lives, my bigger concern is that we do not value human life as a whole.

How many homes have been destroyed since the start of the "dreadful war that we must end" due to pornography? Oh, we say that pornography is horrible in one breath but we then attempt to excuse it in another stating that "it's just a normal thing that every guy does." Do we stop to realize how valuable the life of those people being exploded really is? Do we take this in to consideration when we fork out money to buy tickets to rated R movies that feed our nation's thirst for nudity and sexual content?

What about suicide? How many teenagers have ended thier lives since the start of the war because they felt rejected, abandoned, or not good enough? Do we teach our youth to set an example in speech and love and to value everyone, or do we laugh it off when they are making fun of "that nerd in class." The examples could go on for days.

Perhaps we all-- myself included--need to step back and remember what Christ summed up to be the greatest command: Love God, love others. Mark 12:28-31