I
am ashamed of the churches I have attended and their silence, I am especially
ashamed of the fact that I went to 'the world's largest Christian university'
and that in the over 12,600 students that go there, only 10 or less can put
aside their needs to come sidewalk counsel and pray for an end to
abortion.
I am absolutely horrified that while on Facebook last night, I saw a friend from Nyack college, a more liberal leaning Christian college that I went to for a brief period, post about his great work at Planned Parenthood and then saw a pastor (from the same college) comment on the post commending my friend for his great work. I am astounded that someone who claims to serve God could ever say that he is proud of the work that goes into a company that kills living, human beings.
I
am grieved that many pastors do not preach on the sin of abortion as they do
the sin of hate towards one another. I am grieved that many churches only want
to fight abortion in the pretty ways, and not really get out there and discuss
that it is wrong. Why can we only collect money for pregnancy centers but
become suddenly frozen when we need to take a stand as a witness for life who
is against abortion?
Yesterday
was the first day of the 40 Days for Life campaign. I can imagine you know
where I was, but you cannot imagine the grief that I felt. So many of you tell
me you are pro-life and are all for what I do, but you do nothing yourselves to
put an end to this. I sat out there yesterday crying out to God in prayer
asking, ‘Why am I the only one sitting out there praying for three whole hours
at the start of this campaign’?
I am truly ashamed of my lack of movement on this issue, so do not just see this as me calling out others, but also calling out myself. There are many days that I could have driven the hour and a half to Richmond to go sidewalk counseling but did not. There were many days where I could have pulled out the abortion pictures I have and stood on the streets in order to educate people but I did not.
I want to ask you something though. Do you believe you would have taken in Jews during World War II and Hitler's Holocaust and kept them safe?
Well let me tell you this. I truly believe that if you have not spoken up to family or friends about abortion, if you have not gone sidewalk-counseling, if you have not regularly devoted time at a pregnancy center, participated in abortion image outreach, or another pro-life ministry that you would have not have even spent a few moments thoughts on helping the Jews in such a practical way.
I truly believe that and there is very little you could ever do that would convince me otherwise.
I believe that if you are one who contributes to those financially who fight abortion that you possibly would have also contributed to those who needed financial help to help the Jews.
I know I will hear from many of you that the 'pro-life ministry' just isn't what you are called to do or help with. But remember that saying that means that you also would have said the same thing about helping the Jews, the disabled, and the orphans when they were being lead off to the concentration camps.
I know that we are all busy and I am not trying to deny that your life, family, job, etc. are less important and do not keep you busy. What I am saying though is that, can you not manage one hour to pray or sidewalk counsel? Can you not manage a few days for a trip to educate the people who need to hear and see what abortion is? Can you not talk about abortion and teach lessons at your church about it? Can you not skip the football game and do your homework during that time so that you can go sidewalk counseling instead?
I leave you with this last thought. If we truly believe abortion is wrong and kills a baby, then we will devote time to trying to save these little ones and their families. If we believe that abortion is simply just another procedure that needs to happen, then we will sit back and hardly ever touch the subject.
"In front of every abortion clinic there needs to be a sign that reads, 'Here by permission of the Church." -Francis Schaeffer
I am truly ashamed of my lack of movement on this issue, so do not just see this as me calling out others, but also calling out myself. There are many days that I could have driven the hour and a half to Richmond to go sidewalk counseling but did not. There were many days where I could have pulled out the abortion pictures I have and stood on the streets in order to educate people but I did not.
I want to ask you something though. Do you believe you would have taken in Jews during World War II and Hitler's Holocaust and kept them safe?
Well let me tell you this. I truly believe that if you have not spoken up to family or friends about abortion, if you have not gone sidewalk-counseling, if you have not regularly devoted time at a pregnancy center, participated in abortion image outreach, or another pro-life ministry that you would have not have even spent a few moments thoughts on helping the Jews in such a practical way.
I truly believe that and there is very little you could ever do that would convince me otherwise.
I believe that if you are one who contributes to those financially who fight abortion that you possibly would have also contributed to those who needed financial help to help the Jews.
I know I will hear from many of you that the 'pro-life ministry' just isn't what you are called to do or help with. But remember that saying that means that you also would have said the same thing about helping the Jews, the disabled, and the orphans when they were being lead off to the concentration camps.
I know that we are all busy and I am not trying to deny that your life, family, job, etc. are less important and do not keep you busy. What I am saying though is that, can you not manage one hour to pray or sidewalk counsel? Can you not manage a few days for a trip to educate the people who need to hear and see what abortion is? Can you not talk about abortion and teach lessons at your church about it? Can you not skip the football game and do your homework during that time so that you can go sidewalk counseling instead?
I leave you with this last thought. If we truly believe abortion is wrong and kills a baby, then we will devote time to trying to save these little ones and their families. If we believe that abortion is simply just another procedure that needs to happen, then we will sit back and hardly ever touch the subject.
"In front of every abortion clinic there needs to be a sign that reads, 'Here by permission of the Church." -Francis Schaeffer
