Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Love Saves Lives.


     I can't remember exactly how old I was when I first learned what the word abortion meant, it just seems like something I've always been conscious of.  That's not to say my mother told her young daughter every horrible, frightening detail of what that word stood for, of course not.  But I knew from a young age that it meant killing little babies who were still growing inside their mommy's bellies, just like my baby brother.  I didn't understand the reason for it, but I didn't need to.  I knew it was wrong not just because my mum told me it was, but because I knew it was a sin to kill a person.  

And that's exactly what an unborn fetus is: a person.

Forget Hilary Clinton. This woman is a true femanist and worthy candidate for president. #prolife

      When I was about ten I remember watching EWTN one afternoon and during a break between programs a little girl around my age came on screen and said a prayer I'd never heard before.  This was the prayer:
"Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, I love you very much. I beg you to spare the life of the unborn baby whom I have spiritually adopted who is in danger of abortion. Amen."

     The girl went on to share a website* where you could spiritually adopt an unborn baby by pledging to say the above prayer everyday for nine consecutive months.  Your baby had a birth date and there was even a place where you could give a name to the baby (or babies, twins) you were praying for to make it seem more personal.  That year each of my siblings and I, along with our mum, adopted a baby to pray for.  And coincidentally (although nothing is a coincidence for God) a close friend of ours found out she was expecting around that time and delivered her healthy little girl around the close of our nine month novena!
Guardian Angel

      Saying that little prayer really left an impression upon me and I continued praying it continuously for years, understanding exactly the purpose in mind: saving babies!  Why shouldn't children, who's prayers to Our Lord are the most innocently uttered, be told of this great tragedy taking place daily so that their prayers might help to end it?

     We must strive to not only make abortion illegal, but to make it unthinkable.

     Unfortunately, as people, we all make mistakes in life, but we should be the one's who pay the consequences for our own mistakes.  It is terribly, terribly wrong to make other's take that blame, especially an innocent child who didn't ask to exist, but was given existence just like the rest of us.  The solution is never to kill the child, regardless of how they came to be, because abortion kills not once, but twice.  First the baby, then the mother.

  .A monument dedicated to "The child that was never born".

     Have you ever stopped and thought about the fact that you might never have been given the chance to live?  It's kind of a strange feeling, isn't it?  What about if someone you love had been aborted, never existed to you in your life at all?

Imagine: if the millions of babies who have been aborted were alive today, how might the world be different? #anglicansforlife #prolife #Tolkien

      One of my dearest friends was adopted when she was just a new born, adopted, not aborted.

      One of my cousins found herself in an unplanned pregnancy and was informed her baby had a serious birth defect.  When faced with a decision she chose to keep her little girl and although she lived only a couple months, brought much joy while she was here on earth.

     Whenever I see an unmarried expectant mother I always admire her for her courage.  She could easily have disposed of the "problem", but instead chose life for her and her baby.

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     Now as I've gotten older I have gradually learned just how evil the horror of abortion is, how tragic and despicable the act of murdering a baby in the womb.  Why would a woman murder her own child?  How could people claim that the developing infant in the womb wasn't even human?  Did people really believe that lie to be the truth?

     As a direct result of our depraved world that has shunned God, yes, tragically many people do believe it.  Both men as well as women believe that human lives are worthless and disposable simply because they cannot do for themselves, speak for themselves, defend themselves.

50 million dead children, people due to abortion, death by someone else choice! 

     That is why it is up to us to speak for the innocent victims.  We must not be afraid to speak out boldly in defense of the unborn, in our governments and to those in power, in our cities and towns, our work places, even in our own families.  We must defend the defenseless so that they too may live!  We are the pro-life generation, and we know that...

Love

Saves

Lives. 
 
Always,

~Emma 

*This is not the original website I found the prayer for unborn babies on years ago, I don't believe that one exists any longer, but here is the link to a similar website:  http://spiritualadoption.org/index.html   

Please feel free to share your own thoughts and incites on this topic in the comments below, just make sure you keep them charitable towards others :)

6 comments:

  1. Abortion is so terrible. How amazing that your family has done the spiritual adoptioin! You are all incredible! Thank you so much for sharing!!!!!

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  2. AMEN AND AMEN, EMMA!!!!

    I agree with everything you said in this post. Thank you for standing up for the unborn with us!! It is so important that we fight for this issue - especially with the recent Senate defeat of the pro-life bill *growls in indignation*

    Catherine
    frugallyfancyfarmlass.blogspot.com

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  3. Thank you Emma for writing this! It was wonderful. We will not stop until every child has a chance at life. We will not stop until we abolish abortion. May God bless you and your efforts in the pro-life movement.

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  4. Beautiful, Emma! My family has prayed the Spiritual Adoption prayer for many years now, although we never heard of the website. We always begin on March 25 and end on Christmas. My baby brother, whom we adopted through foster care, was born on December 28. God works in miraculous ways! Thank you for a beautiful post!

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  5. Thank you girls, for all of your gracious comments! It's so amazing to hear all that you have say and to know that there are others who feel the same as I do! Now we've got to be the ones who end abortion once and for all! You're all so amazing and inspiring :)

    ~Emma

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