Filed under: Culture
Its never good to be a one issue voter when choosing political parties or a political candidate. For example, if Hitler was a pro-life republican, it would still be a horrible idea to vote for him. We need to use wisdom to discern the whole person and all the issues involved in order to make decisions.
Now that I have made that clear, check out these stats that I read today.
Abortions per day in USA: 3,700 (abortionno.org)
US Casualties in Iraq War to date: 4,124 (icasualties.com)
Iraqi Civilian Casualities: 90,000-100,000 (possibly more… its really difficult to find a solid number on this)
Abortions since beginning of Iraq War 3/31/03: 7,196,500
Christians, don’t forget about this issue and how abortion is a tragedy that is still occuring everyday in this area of the modern world. We as Christians should be talking about it just as much as we talk about the Iraq war. I don’t think abortion is just a political issue to God. Please make this issue a priority.
Here are some other important issues:
“Remember the poor”- Gal. 2:10 (foriegn aid/global debt/the state of welfare and the church’s relationship with them)
“Act Justly and Love Mercy”- Micah 6:8 ( justice against corrupt leaders/nations/businesses)
“Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth” -Mt. 5:5 (the way politics are done)
“He will judge between many peoples and will settle disputes for strong nations far and wide. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore.” -Micah 4:3 (peaceful negotiations should be highest priority among nations for God values peace and wants more peace-makers from the local level to the global level).
“15 “Look at the behemoth,
which I made along with you
and which feeds on grass like an ox.
16 What strength he has in his loins,
what power in the muscles of his belly!
17 His tail sways like a cedar;
the sinews of his thighs are close-knit.
18 His bones are tubes of bronze,
his limbs like rods of iron.
19 He ranks first among the works of God,
yet his Maker can approach him with his sword.
20 The hills bring him their produce,
and all the wild animals play nearby.
21 Under the lotus plants he lies,
hidden among the reeds in the marsh.
22 The lotuses conceal him in their shadow;
the poplars by the stream surround him.
23 When the river rages, he is not alarmed;
he is secure, though the Jordan should surge against his mouth.
24 Can anyone capture him by the eyes, [c]
or trap him and pierce his nose?”
-Job 40:15-24 (No one knows for sure what the ‘behemoth’ is, but it is obvious in this passage that God is delighting in this creature that He has made. Remember that ‘God is green’ and you should be too! He takes pleasure in interacting with his creation and finds it to be very good! So preserve His creation and join Him in restoring our world to His original intent!
