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When You Separate the Parents: Protect the Unborn 2

I was scrolling through my newsfeed the other day and came across this video embedded in an article that a friend of mine had shared.  In it, it records a father outside the "Hope Clinic for Women", which is an abortion clinic in Illinois, begging for the mother to not abort their baby.  The original video shared by John Ryan can be located here.  This was actually shared on Father's Day, which just points a big, bright spotlight on this issue.

Why am I sharing this?

1.  To weep with those who weep.

2.  To keep the memory fresh in our minds and in our prayers as we fight this war.

"There is a time for everything,
    and a season for every activity under the heavens:

2     a time to be born and a time to die,
    a time to plant and a time to uproot,
3     a time to kill and a time to heal,
    a time to tear down and a time to build,
4     a time to weep and a time to laugh,
    a time to mourn and a time to dance,
5     a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
    a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
6     a time to search and a time to give up,
    a time to keep and a time to throw away,
7     a time to tear and a time to mend,
    a time to be silent and a time to speak,
8     a time to love and a time to hate,

    a time for war and a time for peace."

- Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8, ESV

The first step to in this process is to weep with the father and the other children in this family.  Apparently, there was a 4 1/2-year-old child who knew that another sibling was on the way and couldn't wait to see the baby.*  This affects more than just the mother.  This is a deadly poison that spreads its fingers through entire families.  And in this case, an entire country. Which brings me to my second point.  There is a time to weep, and there is a time to uproot.  This is definitely not a call to arms, but it is a call to my fellow Christians to raise this issue up to the Lord.  This epidemic can only be turned back by the Father, and we need to come before the Throne of Grace and plead without ceasing.  It is also a call to strengthen your marriages and families.  If you ask what "can we possibly do?" The answer is simple: love God, your wife, and your kids.  Quite simply: Live like a Christian.


The information I obtained for this post can be found with the post that I linked above, but it can also be found at the Daily Wire and LifeNews.com.  I would encourage you to follow up more with this issue!

*It is believed that the baby was murdered, but it could not be confirmed.  (As per LifeNews.com.)
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