Are You Ready for a DUEL?

So I am staring at this blank box wondering what to type.  What story?  What angle?   I don't feel clever or blog savvy.  I don't have a story of surviving or of whistleblowing on any abortion cartel (chain, independent or hospitals).  All I have really is passion and conviction and even that is questionable as to levels and degrees.  Why am I not out there right now doing anything?

This is the weekend we "pro-lifers" (more on those "quotes" later), observe the devastating landmark decision of Roe vs. Wade.  We don't mention Doe vs Bolton which came out the same day (but we should).  We are in 2013 and our nations has seen over the past 40 years, over 55 million babies slaughtered in the United States alone.  We honestly do not know the true numbers as not all abortions are reported and we are only recognizing the surgical abortions.

Oh no.....55 million!!!  One would think that a number like that would wake up some people.  Yet, it doesn't.   We have a nation of people who are spiritually dead.  You want to poke them to see if they respond with any signs of life.  You tap them on the head and yell..."Hellooooo, McFly!!!" We quip, "I never thought I would never see a life example of the Tin Man." No reaction.  No brain, no heart.  I have been there myself though.  One of our family's favorite movies is the "Princess Bride".   Warning: spoilers.

Spiritually DEAD!  Well, I was "mostly dead" (as Princess Bride's character Miracle Max would explain).   Yes, but that's not the same as "slightly alive".   Are there any "slightly alives" out there? Do I hear you exhale "true looooove"? There's still hope.  There's a part where the near-dead Wesley has been given the antidote but his body is still limp and he needs to be carried around by Inigo and Fezzik.   At different points, we see his progression of strength.  We could see ourselves in that progression of spiritual deadness as well.   For me, it was a long journey (VERY LONG).

In one scene, Wesley is lying on the bed and we suspect that while he is wide awake, he is still in his weakened state.  Until Prince Humperdink shows up who challenges him to duel. We recognize that Wesley could be bluffing.  Certainly Prince Humperdink doesn't know Wesley's true state of strength.  Wesley does get up and draw his sword.  In a sense that is the pro-life group....they have been showing slow progression of strength.   On a personal note, I would have to say I am still on that bed, wide awake but not really moving much.  I AM moving....just not to FULL capacity.  Lord, I believe.  Help my unbelief. 

The Humperdink character realizes that he faces a swarthy enemy.  He is fearful and backs down. Although, the abortion cartel does not back down.  Satan does not give up. He just tries different approaches but he never gives up.  The abortion cartel IS fearful of the growing strength of the pro-life faction.  They realize that it's only getting stronger and they have certainly lost ground. They have admitted this in a recent Times magazine article.  They have the castle, they have the prince's storehouse of riches and resources.  They just don't have the same following of the subjects as before.  The subjects are wiser now and many have defected to the good side.  The heart and belief system for killing innocents is not there anymore.

We don't have the riches, the stronghold of the castle but we are gaining strength.  We have some of the kingdom but not all of it.  Many of us are lying on that bed....some are truly still without strength and some are just about to move off that bed, ready to duel.  "DROP YOUR SWORD!!!"

Recently the abortion cartel have bandied about changing their euphemism.   For the longest time, they used the term "pro-choice" and they called people who were against abortion "anti-choice".  I won't go into the long discussion of descriptions here.  You can read it for yourself here though:
http://www.jillstanek.com/2013/01/planned-parenthood-abandons-term-pro-choice/

I do believe that the term pro-life isn't all that it should be either.  In my discussion with people who claim to be pro-life, one finds that they aren't so very pro-life. If anything, they are pro-abortion with some exceptions.  Here's the standard though.  ZERO abortions.  One is too many and never necessary.  ZERO abortion globally is the goal.  Hey, with God, ALL things are possible!!!!  We live in a fallen world and as long as the sinners are alive and breathing, we know that people will continue to sin so abortion is not going anywhere for awhile.   Realize that there WILL be one day with no abortions, no Planned Parenthood, no NARAL,and no need for sidewalk counselors or sidewalk prayer vigils.  It's called Heaven.  That is fact.  Do I believe we can have zero abortions on earth?  Yes, I do.  Again, it's only with God could that happen. Is it likely?  With humans in rebellion to God, no, it is not likely.

I realize I just tumbled into the Fire Swamp and ran into "Rhetorics of Unusual Size" (Pro-Choice terms).

So where are you?   Are you Wesley lying on the bed...fully awake and aware but not in action?  Are you slowly getting up ready to duel?  Are you duelling?   Or are you still back in the castle dungeon, in the pit of death?   I pray you are not on Humperdink's side!!!!!  That WILL be the losing side.....just read what happens to Satan in Revelation.

If you are ready to duel, I highly recommend going to Abolish Human Abortion's webpage. I wouldn't say they eschew the pro-life label but they are taking it to a phenomenal level of action.   There are always detractors on their Facebook page in all forms.  Satan loves to divide and he'll use anyone to make sure advances are not made.  You'll see that if you "like" their Facebook page.  Their page is not just about selling drop cards, bracelets, shirts and decals.  Abolish Human Abortion is just that......ABOLISHING HUMAN ABORTION!!!  They mean it.  Talk to them.  Read their blog.  Find out what you can do to abolish human abortion.  For you, it might be as small as sharing cards with others who are are still in the spiritually dead state.  For you, it might be setting up your local Abolitionist Society. 

My analogy of the Princess Bride may be a lighthearted attempt to have you recognize how you and I can be of more awareness of our action or inaction in standing up.  I pray we become more effective.  However, there is no lightheartedness in the business and evil actions of abortion.

The thought came across that I am maybe being too lighthearted in rallying the ones who have not taken action.  Have you seen the photos of the babies?  Have you read the accounts of filth at places like Gosnell's house of horrors? Gosnell's House of Horrors .  There is a new documentary called "3801 Lancaster" Sometimes, people see those pictures and they have no effect to cause people to go into action.  Whether you get up and fight due to movie analogies or the most gruesome story.....the reality is that somewhere the brain gets engaged, the heart is obtained,  and the soul awakens.  Holy Spirit, fill us!!! 

 I search and research this subject to know what is going on in my nation and the world as well.  I come across the ugliest pictures, the nastiest articles and the most evil actions.  Just when I think the human race can go no lower, I find an article that proves me wrong.  The more I search and see these things, the more I want to do.  Please pray, please read your Bible, please check out these websites that I included in the article and at the bottom of my blog.  Check out the documentaries (some are free online).  Maybe just take ONE action that you have never done before.  Be a voice for the voiceless and be a defense for the defenseless.  Watch on the wall, stand in the gap and shout. 

James 4:17  Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin. 

2 Corinthians 12:8-10  Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me.  And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

 

"SAFE" and "LEGAL"

The pro-abortion folks like to spin a toxic yarn when they say they want abortion to be "legal, safe and rare".  I remember when I first began reading about abortion that this phrase came up.   Of course, nothing can be further from the TRUTH.  Quite oppositely, this crowd wants abortion to be legal for all 9 months for any reason with absolutely zero safeguards at all.   After Hurricane Sandy hit the east coast, a Virginia abortion mill boasted they were performing abortions that day.  Hey, the abortion show must go on.....gotta' get those thousands of dollars collected!  http://liveactionnews.org/virginia-abortion-clinic-brags-of-performing-abortions-after-being-flooded-by-hurricane-sandy/

Plus, the Muskegon, Michigan abortion mill has been shut down.  The fire marshall came to inspect after a reported break-in took place.  He saw the conditions and immediately shut it down.  Any animal lovers out there would not have taken their precious pup to this place. http://www.operationrescue.org/index.php?s=muskegon

Certain groups of people I know just won't be affected by this.  There are days I just sit aghast at the coldness who can just look at all this and shrug it off.  Spiritually dead about the things that matter and shrill about things that don't matter at all.  No, I am not surprised.  The world is dark.  It is a fallen place even with people who claim to be Christians.  Just let me sit in my comfy pew.  Let me glaze over my eyes at the message or sad-to-say...in some churches....don't challenge me from the pulpit. I like my watered-down, expired milk.

I once was accused of "preaching to the choir".  Again, I was aghast at this mostly because it came from someone who claimed to be a Christian and a pro-lifer.   Here's the saddest thing....I turned around and expected to see a choir.  There was no choir!  Not even a weak one with one good singing voice.  It was completely nonexistent.

So, for strong choirmembers....you won't mind me sharing the new website.  Dedicated members are committed to the ministry and look forward to the proclamation of the Gospel through song.  While they are already familiar with what will be preached from the pulpit, they don't get bored or downtrodden by it.  They are not resentful to hear the Gospel from the pulpit again!!!  Hmmm....now that's interesting. Maybe the ones who snap angrily  "You are preaching to the choir. Enough already!" aren't hearing the Good News in the first place?  No wonder they are grouchy, anxious and ill-tempered. 

So here it is, you all with strong lungs and a hearty constitution with thick skins and a conviction for TRUTH!!!   YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!!!!

Please, investigate it and spread it far and wide amongst those who need to know this and who will benefit from it.  There are some breaking developments in the new year as far as abortion mills failing and shutting down.   There were 24 abortion mills that shut down in 2012.  This will be covered in another blog entry. 

www.safeandlegal.com

As for my absence, I do apologize.  I realize that many events have taken place such as the atrocious events at Newtown, CT to name one.  What took place shook so many of us to the core.  Prayers and His word were the immediate responses and the appropriate antidotes to Satan's poison..   I set out to write but stopped many times.  I knew MY passion and frustration would take over.  Some have said to me "Oh that's what we love about you."   However, this, coupled with the month of December (which always is like a runaway locomotive without fail), just kept me from expressing myself..   Those 20 babies and the teachers who responded to protect them are recognized here and now.   Tears still come to my eyes at the thought of them.  The memories of my own babies at that age are still very fresh.   It doesn't matter that these children were 6 or 7 years old or whether they are 6 or 7 months old or even gestationally 6 or 7 weeks.  They are all precious in His eyes.  I just pray for the plans of our Lord who takes what Satan means for evil and turns it around for His purpose.  We may never know or see any of that here on Earth.  Maybe in Heaven, we'll see clearly why and how it all came together to glorify our Lord.

Jeremiah 31:14-16

¹⁴ I will satiate the soul of the priests with abundance,
and My people shall be satisfied with My goodness, says the Lord.”

¹⁵ Thus says the Lord:

“A voice was heard in Ramah,
Lamentation and bitter weeping,
Rachel weeping for her children,
Refusing to be comforted for her children,
Because they are no more.”

¹⁶ Thus says the Lord:

“Refrain your voice from weeping,
And your eyes from tears;
For your work shall be rewarded, says the Lord,
And they shall come back from the land of the enemy.

On a different note, and a happier note, I can say with joy that lives are still being saved at the local crisis preganncy centers.  THERE is where life is celebrated and encouraged.  I am also happy to say that when I talk there about pro-life subjects....no one angrily snaps "YOU ARE PREACHING TO THE CHOIR!  ENOUGH ALREADY!!!!"    Yeah, I am chuckling kind of......it's a relief that I have that sanctuary and a place where we are mobilized to do His work.  Yet, sad too that a person who claims to be pro-life and Christian would respond with anger and bitterness at such a basic principle.  Yeah, I keep praying....for ME not to succumb to discouragement or bitterness of my own at the fakery of it all.

One day a while back I was in a conversation with a pro-abortion person (online).  While the conversation ended on a good note, I was saddened that this person decided to shut down to facts and truth.  Again, I am never surprised by this.  They aren't saved and so they are closed and blinded to truth.  Yet, it weighs on a Christian when a  person is not going to Heaven unless they make that 180  (by the way, have you seen 180 yet?  Why not?).   I had to make a phone call to a church for a project.  It turned out to be such a great afternoon.  I was totally ministered by this woman who was all excited about being involved with our crisis pregnancy center.  I joked that if we ever got together, we would probably have a 2 hour lunch.  Well, that's the goal someday when things quiet down (if they ever do).  God si so good.  He knew the timing and the message I needed to hear at that moment.  I was greatly encouraged and it filled me to the brim. 

The subject of abortion is so heartbreaking already.  It's more than the brain and moral sensibilities can take.  That anyone would actually kill a baby is horrifying enough but to continue to run into people over and over that defend it, vote for it, march for it and pay for it......it's an understatement that it's a depressing cause.   However, God does give us other beautiful souls/saints/warriors to co-labor with  and sometimes those ties are thicker than blood.  I am thankful for all the blessings He gives me.  Even those blessings of adversarial people although I may not always receive them as blessings sometimes!

On this note, I will end and wish all a very Blessed New Year......every year His return gets closer than before.  Just think, Jesus will come back but also no more Planned Parenthood, no more abortion, no more death, lies, stealing, disunity, illnesses and all the nasty stuff we have been seeing or experiencing!  Jesus has already won the VICTORY.  Go, saints!! That is not a football reference but a call to go out and spread the Gospel!!! :D
P.S.  Because it has been so long since my last blog entry, I am not proofreading immediately so forgive my many grammatical and punctuation, and typographical errors, pretty please. 

GENIUS-The MOVIE

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For All the World to See

Christina Dunigan has a vital blog for our time.  She thoroughly researches the numerous cases of deaths and botched operations that result due to abortion.  This blog details the callous and appalling actions of the abortion industry.   When I first started paying attention and searching for information on what abortion is and what abortionists do to the women and babies, this was the website I regularly frequented to find out more.   Since then, I have read Lime 5 by Mark Crutcher and have become familiar with different websites that report cases as they surface.  This website is highly recommended for those just beginning to search for facts. 
From The Real Choice Blog-Who's Putting the Unborn Ahead of the Born?

I often think about our country so preoccupied and entertained.  We are millions of people waking up every day, drinking our hot beverages on the way to work, tuned in to our tv's, radios and texts.   We are planning the days, going through fast-food drive-in's, tending children, closing business deals or cleaning houses.  We peruse our newspapers, magazines, surf the net, kill channels on the remote and do our errands. We pay attention to the next big blockbuster, plan trips, and write out lists of various needs and wants.

These are the generalities but then we can go deeper than that.  We are loving our loved ones, fighting headaches and serious maladies, we are concerning ourselves about our children's welfare, caring for our spouses, worrying or praying about finances, grieving losses of friends or family and fighting thoughts of worry or feelings of grudge, fear, bitterness and relief about all kinds of problems. 

Why go to a website that details the ugly?  Why visit a website that harps on evil?  We don't know these people....the women, the babies, the abortionists and their workers.  We don't know these families who are attached to these people.  Why add to our already-busy days?  Especially why add this on a day where I am feeling joyful?  Why the bummer? 

It's very easy to tune out because I know that I do this very thing.  It's easy to get caught up in the day-to-day, nitty-gritty.  It's a feeling of relief to just zone out sometimes.  We hit the ground running with all the things that have to be done.  No one wants to add anything more. I have those days..."I just don't want to think about another thing.  My day is full, my brain is overloaded and I am feeling overwhelmed".

Switch to 1780's and '90's England.   What were days like for Thomas Clarkson, Hannah Moore, and  William Wilberforce?   Of the group, some had children, spouses, jobs and lists of activities throughout the day.  They had their worries, their joys and plans.  They were really no different than us.  They had their own fascinating distractions for their time.  They were abolitionists and they stayed focused.  Contemporaries of their time might have asked them the same thing....why make us look at the slave ship conditions?  Why harp on slave-ship captains and their crews?  Why concentrate on an issue that we just don't want to face?  Why look at the ugliness of people being mistreated or killed?   We just want to attend our next dance, game of bridge and take our families out to our cottage by the seaside!   We just don't want to think of this.  It's time to "zone out" (I would be interested to know the vernacular for that in Wilberforce's day).  They faced the same thing we do today...preoccupation and entertainment (and many churches who are Christian in name only but are actually social clubs).

There's rarely a good time to talk about such things.  We didn't really want to talk about it during the election.   Some people tried but it didn't take long before the commercial break came along and the next news segment focused on "Killing Big Bird" or "The Twinkies Disappearance".  We have a very fragmented and distracted nation.

There's really not a systematic opportune time to bring up subjects like these.  Maybe as the stories spring up that is the time to discuss them.  I have this blog as one more extension of the social media.  While I do share on the other networks and know of other pro-lifers who are up on the latest,  this news isn't getting out there.   In fact, if anything, most of what I read or hear on the regular news is a distortion of what is really taking place.  The events in Ireland of trying to force legal abortions are trying to paint a very ugly picture of pro-lifers when in fact, the lies have been propagated by the abortion crowd.   Keep watching this story;  it looks like the truth is slowly leaking out.  The last thing out was the admission that the woman who died never actually requested an abortion as originally reported.  Now THIS is what we can count on from the abortion industry....lies and whipping up a frenzy.  Isn't that Satan.....lies, diversion, smoke and mirrors (are you nodding?) 

Regardless of the tendencies to zone out, deny and trust in the worldly influences, Wilberforce's love for Jesus fueled him to abolish the slave trade and to continue to work on emancipation for all slaves until his death.   So should our love for Jesus fuel us with no less fervor to abolish abortion and the emancipation of not just the unborn but for all who don't have a voice or an ability to defend oneself.  My very painful confession is that I am not in the group that says, "I am too busy for television, movies, games.....I am going to go fight to abolish abortion.".  Yes, I fight but not with the tenacity of Wilberforce's.  There! It is out.  Pray for me.....the Lord IS working on me.  :)

Pray for Ireland (and the pro-life movement) to stand strong in this battle.  As the people stand firm there, God will honor their steadfastness!!! 1 Chonicles 28:6-8 

SAVITA: The TRUTH----Abortion in Ireland

Abortion in Ireland-Fact Check

My Can of Raid

This story came across the wire at Operation Rescue (link "War on Women" below).  Sidewalk counselors who minister to women frequently witness disturbing scenes in the front of abortion facilities.  Either they view coerced abortions taking place, or they experience the sight of an ambulance due to severe injury from that abortion.  Sidewalk counselors see girls and women being dragged into abortion mills by their parents or boyfriends. These girls are often dragged in by their arms or even their hair.  Ambulance visits though, are especially bad publicity for the abortionists. They want the public to think that abortions are safe so they can keep getting their millions of dollars.  They certainly don't want people to find out about their criminal records, their nasty practices, or their dirty and unsafe surroundings inside.  Even if certain facilities are "fancy", it still is a dirty place with dirty minds and wicked hearts. Largely, abortionists DO get away with killing women and operating in substandard facilities.

So far there have been 18 botched abortions in the past 22 months that have been known and recorded.  So many facilities do not have sidewalk counselors to record the abortionists' botched operations.  One botched abortion has resulted in the death of a 24 year-old woman, leaving behind a toddler son.  They simply let her bleed to death and then gave no indicators to the paramedics as to what was wrong with her.  Surgeons discovered an incomplete abortion and a perforation in her uterus.  By that time, it was too late to be able to save Tonya. Another abortion was botched on a baby at 35 weeks' gestation in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  This is not a blip on our national news, sadly, not even Fox News will report it. 

These abortionists would love nothing better for these incidences to stay underground, never to see the light of day to the millions of people who think abortion is "safe".  They would love nothing more to keep these scenes buried 50 feet below, along with those stories of babies who survive abortions (and are set aside to die).   They would love nothing more to hide behind their walls of their millionaire homes to be able to make millions more from innocent babies and the ignorance of desperate women and coerced victims.   This is a million dollar industry and they want to continue the bloodbath........and they will....because they can get away with it in the secret, dark, troll holes.   EXCEPT, there are those pro-life busybodies who videotape and photograph ambulances showing up and those HORRIBLE pro-lifers that put every botched abortion story on their blogs, their Facebooks, their MySpaces, their crochet/knitting circles, (pick your favorite group) etc.  They start websites like www.abortiondocs.org and blogs like Real Choice.
http://realchoice.0catch.com/library/deaths/blteendeaths.htm    They are well aware that many may not comment or respond but many do lurk and  pay attention.
These abortionists lie in wait for innocent victims but pro-lifers can take action and smoke 'em out!  Pro-lifers can do a lot of things and one of them is to just be a giant bigmouth.  In the old days, our parents told us not to be tattletales on our siblings or friends.  While it's necessary to honor your parents, we aren't talking about our friends and siblings. We are tattletaling on evil and being used as tools to stop these evil people in their tracks. We are foiling, thwarting, arresting, impeding, stanching, obstructing, inhibiting, terminating and aborting evil.  

War on Women

Yes, I know a lot of people who see the truth and ignore it.  They see and they hide and pretend they never witnessed it.  Some will pead ignorance, some will stay prideful and stay in safe bubbles.  It's a crossroad.  Which direction will you take now that YOU know?
Proverbs 24:8-12
8 He who plots to do evil 
 Will be called a schemer.
⁹ The devising of foolishness is sin,
And the scoffer is an abomination to men.

¹⁰ If you faint in the day of adversity,
Your strength is small.

¹¹ Deliver those who are drawn toward death,
And hold back those stumbling to the slaughter.
¹² If you say, “Surely we did not know this,”
Does not He who weighs the hearts consider it?
He who keeps your soul, does He not know it?

Every Day Is Thanksgiving to a Christian

We just recently celebrated Thanksgiving last Thursday.  As the day was quite busy with preparing the turkey and all the accompaniments,  and with enjoying our family and friends, I didn't sit down and post here.  To me, I think all the tryptophan is in pumpkin pie, not turkey.  It pretty much renders me weak as if Superman had Kryptonite pajamas.

Still, nearly a week later (pumpkin pie is now gone and the scraps of turkey are now wrapped in a small parcel of tinfoil),  I am thankful.  Yes, thankful for food, clean water, shelter and loved ones, but most importantly for Jesus Christ.  Every day is a day of thanks for the Christian.  We rejoice in the day and are glad in it and we are grateful to our Lord and Savior for laying His life down willingly to pay the penalty we cannot pay.  We can't out-love or out-give God.  It's difficult sometimes to receive gifts, isn't it?  "Oh you shouldn't have!"  "I hope you didn't go to any trouble!"  "I hope you didn't spend too much". It's a mixture of joy, delight and slight embarrassment maybe!  Sometimes we feel that automatic obligation to "pay back".  God doesn't want that from us.  When He gave His gift of His only begotten Son, He wanted us to receive fully and without reservation.  He doesn't want to us cast His gift aside.  Just accept....no obligation, no paying back (we can't no matter how much we do, it will never be enough or be good enough), no comments to God other than "Thank You, Lord, for Your Son".   He knows we have wicked, fickle hearts, prone to getting caught up in burning emotions, fleeting thoughts/beliefs of our own worldly understanding....our finite, little, self-absorbed in-the-flesh moments.  He knows what we are and how we behave.And yet while we were His enemies (sinners), Christ died for us because of His deep love for us.  I am continually blown away by this fact.  So, for me, as a Christian, EVERY day is Thanksgiving!!!

Today, give thanks to God by accepting and believing in His indescribable gift of His Son, Jesus Christ and the indescribable gift of eternal life!
2 Corinthians 9:15 Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!
John 1:12 As many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God

This story below touched my heart.....may it touch yours also!
 Thanksgiving Miracle

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2238607/Noah-Ignacio-Guzman-Baby-heartbeat-miraculously-born-alive-Thanksgiving.html