It was a bleak, overcast morning in Bellevue...bleaker still when the rains came.But the greatest sadness, of course, was in the 13 babies who were brutally killed today by abortionist Leroy Carhart.
Despite Carhart's notorious reputation, the clients drove in this morning from all over the state to put their health and safety into his hands -- as well as the very lives of their children. It's so tragic. And so stupid. And so unnaturally wicked.
In one case this morning, a couple brought to the abortion building an infant of 9-12 months old. He was a cute kid but he was apprehensive. Who knows if he didn't have some kind of instinctive dread of the place, some sense of its danger to children? In offering alternatives to abortion to the couple, I reminded them that it was just a matter of months before they would cherish their new baby as much as they did this one. "Please reconsider your decision before it's too late forever," I plead; "Jesus loves you and He loves your baby and He's offering you grace and mercy right now to do the right thing."
The father responded with an obscene gesture (a rather unusual one) and they went in. Another termination of pregnancy. Another abortion statistic. Another unparalleled crime against God and man.
“If we were logical, the future would be bleak, indeed. But we are more than logical. We are human beings, and we have faith, and we have hope, and we can work.” That is how Jacques Cousteau once described the antidote to bleakness. And, though he didn't fully appreciate the spiritual significance of his statement, Cousteau was right. Because we can continue to work (including the various works of pro-life ministry) but only if we hold on to faith and hope. Otherwise, the corrupt spirit of the age overwhelms us. We cave in to it or seek solace in some kind of escape.
But true faith, the resolve that comes from dependence on the One True God, sees us working against that corrupt spirit until the day of our forever triumph. And that day, bless the finished work of Christ Jesus, is coming soon. My friends who prayed and sidewalk counseled this morning understand that very well. And so I know they will work on, in hope and in the spirit of His compassion, until His victory is complete. I know you will too.
