The Death of Outrage

There was a book several years ago with the title The Death of Outrage.  It summed up what I thought was the main problem of my generation. However, I think every generation thinks they have had the worst of all generations.  I think this title really encapsulates the whole abortion battle.  The death of outrage.  
I often ask....what's it going to take to wake people up?   My own family member (not husband and children fortunately) who is a diehard pro-abortion proponent told me that things are "iffy" and it "depends on what you believe".  Is rape "iffy"?  Is pedophilia "iffy"?  Is bank robbery "iffy"?  No, only the murders of unborn babies are "iffy".   The sad thing is that people who are for abortion register no shock, no compassion and no moral outrage when they hear that women die from abortions.  NONE.  Yet they claim that women need good care.  There is zero outrage when they get the worst of care ever. 

I am not new to the moral contortions of the pro-abort.  You are NOT allowed to text and drive as that is a moral sin.  Why?  You could kill or injure a person.  The lesson I learned from the pro-abort is that you need to YELL at that person who is texting and driving because they aren't paying attention to the road and could injure or kill someone (including themselves).  However, do NOT yell at the abortionist as he is showing up at the abortion mill to kill babies. You can call a texter/driver a  "jerk" but you can't say that to an abortionist.  Capiche?  And we don't text while we drive because we could cause the LOSS OF LIFE of ourselves and others.  However, abortion which could cause the lives of women and others....that's perfectly okay.  You falla?

My "favorite":   Can't have abortion illegal because women die from back-alley abortions. Outrage!  No outrage when women die in "front-alley" abortions.  So the door moved from the back to the front....women are still dying but NOW there is zero outrage and the abortionist now escapes pretty much scot-free.  No outrage for criminals escaping prison.

I am aghast, once again, at the news of another woman who has been killed by abortion.  Am I surprised that abortion kills women?  No.  Am I surprised that abortionists are calloused and greedy?  No.  Am I surprised that abortion mills are filthy, unregulated and dangerous?  No. Am I even aghast that these abortionists get away with murder of infants and their mothers? No.   Yet, I am aghast that yet another woman and her baby has died.

This same family member is under the impression that these late-term abortions are "rare".  Define "rare".   Is it once in 40 years?   Once every ten years?   Once a year?   Define late-term.  Since Doe vs. Bolton allows for abortion for any reason all the way up to the time of delivery....what really is "too late" in the pregnancy?  For the pro-aborts I know....all 9 months are acceptable. For some abortion proponents, even if the baby is breathing on his or her own, it is preferable to set that baby aside to die (like Obama voted for as senator). 

Viability is often a term used to justify an abortion but here's the deal.....newborns are dependent on their mothers for life just as much as the 10th, 13th, 21st week of the unborn baby's.   Newborns are not killed because they are not "viable". Viability is a politician's word.

Abortionist Shelley Sella (in New Mexico) caused a woman's uterus to rupture at 35 weeks-THIRTY-FIVE weeks.  The woman who Carhart killed Christin Gilbert in 2006 and she was at 28 weeks.  We know babies to survive as early as 21 weeks which granted has been rare, but still very possible to save these babies!

Woman dead from abortion at 33 week gestation

Carhart cannot be reached. He has his money and now he knows he needs to be conveniently lie low for a short time.  Will anything happen to him legally?  Probably, nothing will happen to him.  I read an article that pro-life groups want him out of Maryland.  The idea is to send him elsewhere?  Why?  To kill women in OTHER states?  No, this guy needs prison.  Drop him,,Gosnell, Sella and Stephen Chase Brigham, et.al. into Alcatraz which clearly needs to be reopened.

Please continue to share the website Safe and Legal with as many people as you can.  Please share Abortiondocs and also Real Choice Blog (the sister page to this is Real Choice -abortion deaths since 1973).

Roe vs. Wade and Doe vs. Bolton are not going to be overturned.  Yes, with God it IS possible but what we are seeing over the past 40 years is a change of heart and education.  Think about the 24 abortion mills/pill shops shut down in 2012 alone.  Think about the 650,000 people who attended the March for Life in Washington, D.C. last month.  There is a real change happening.  In 1991, there were over 2,000 abortion mills open.  Now in 2013 there are around 653 abortion mills open with 185 pill mills operating.  The 804 abortionists are getting sloppier and older and many are retiring and dying.  The turnover for abortion workers are quick and many of them are seeking help from And Then There Were None ministry.

Sidewalk counsel if you can, but if that is not possible, pray for those who do!!  The abortion cartel is desperate and they are acting on desperation.  Things are getting uglier out there in their desperate attempts to keep the lie going and to keep abortion in operation.  It's cutting into their profits and it's making their jobs harder.  By all means, do YOUR part to make it harder. We are not rocks or islands (don't be Paul Simon's song "I Am a Rock"!) to be isolated and not care for our brothers and sisters who are stumbling to the slaughter.  The abortion cartel can't do abortions if their parking lots are EMPTY.  In this world, it really seems that the bad guys are getting away with everything.  Why aren't all the abortionists in prison? Why are regular citizens' freedoms being stripped?   Will justice ever be served?   God will NOT be mocked for one thing and Psalms 37:1 says to not fret because of evildoers.  As always, the Word brings the wisdom and comfort to me!  Also check out Proverbs 24:1-22. 
Ephesians 6:12-13
We we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.  Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. 

I don't have just one family member who is diehard pro-abortion.  I have several and they are products of  ill-education and of generations of lies passed down through the ages. Satan's lies are always the same.  They have bought the lie and they believe the manufactured slogans.  They need healing and I pray for a breakthrough for that healing to take place.  They need to KNOW Jesus desperately.  Many of you probably have the same situations going as well.  Please continue praying for these lost and deceived ones.  

I often meet young people who either self-identify as "pro-choice" or admit they are on the fence about the subject.  There was even one girl who said, "I really don't know what I think about abortion" which is the most honest answer ever.  She didn't pretend to have the answers but she wasn't going to decide based on lack of information.  These are the best meetings because one can see they are open to truth and they want to learn more.   So, I tell them about Planned Parenthood's origins of racism and eugenics.  I tell them about Planned Parenthood's protection of sexual predators and their lies about prenatal development.  I share brochures that I have purchased and share vital websites (like the ones at the bottom of this blog).   I tell them about the women Planned Parenthood and other abortion mills have killed and about babies who have survived abortions (only to be set aside to die).  

Shock registers in their eyes.  Their faces become distorted with utter disbelief.  They ask "How can that be?" or "Why don't we hear about this?"  Then I explain that our national media and press is pro-abortion and don't want abortion to stop.  "Have you heard any of this in your latest news shows or your magazines?"  No.  You won't hear of it so now YOU need to go on the hunt for your own answers.  Then I give them pro-life websites to check out what is REALLY going on in their country.  They are rattled.  They often say, "I just had no idea and now I want to know more".  We CAN influence and hearts and minds can change.  I no longer think of Roe vs. Wade as changed (which wouldn't make abortion illegal 100% anyway).

My pro-abort family members' hearts are hardened and their ears and minds stopped up with granite.  Those who need healing the most are often like this. I pray for them as I love them dearly and want to see them free of their self-made prisons.  It's hard to imagine what they would look like knowing and serving the Lord instead of their little gods but God has the vision of that and He has the timing and the ways.  I will wait upon the Lord.  In the meantime though, it makes for some very shallow relationships.  You can only talk about the weather for so long.   

I close with Psalm 37 for today.

37 Do not fret because of evildoers,
Nor be envious of the workers of iniquity.
² For they shall soon be cut down like the grass,
And wither as the green herb.

³ Trust in the Lord, and do good;
Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness.
⁴ Delight yourself also in the Lord,
And He shall give you the desires of your heart.

⁵ Commit your way to the Lord,
Trust also in Him,
And He shall bring it to pass.
⁶ He shall bring forth your righteousness as the light,
And your justice as the noonday.

⁷ Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him;
Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way,
Because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass.
⁸ Cease from anger, and forsake wrath;
Do not fret—it only causes harm.

⁹ For evildoers shall be cut off;
But those who wait on the Lord,
They shall inherit the earth.
¹⁰ For yet a little while and the wicked shall be no more;
Indeed, you will look carefully for his place,
But it shall be no more.
¹¹ But the meek shall inherit the earth,
And shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

¹² The wicked plots against the just,
And gnashes at him with his teeth.
¹³ The Lord laughs at him,
For He sees that his day is coming.
¹⁴ The wicked have drawn the sword
And have bent their bow,
To cast down the poor and needy,
To slay those who are of upright conduct.
¹⁵ Their sword shall enter their own heart,
And their bows shall be broken.

¹⁶ A little that a righteous man has
Is better than the riches of many wicked.
¹⁷ For the arms of the wicked shall be broken,
But the Lord upholds the righteous.

¹⁸ The Lord knows the days of the upright,
And their inheritance shall be forever.
¹⁹ They shall not be ashamed in the evil time,
And in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
²⁰ But the wicked shall perish;
And the enemies of the Lord,
Like the splendor of the meadows, shall vanish.
Into smoke they shall vanish away.

²¹ The wicked borrows and does not repay,
But the righteous shows mercy and gives.
²² For those blessed by Him shall inherit the earth,
But those cursed by Him shall be cut off.

²³ The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord,
And He delights in his way.
²⁴ Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down;
For the Lord upholds him with His hand.

²⁵ I have been young, and now am old;
Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken,
Nor his descendants begging bread.
²⁶ He is ever merciful, and lends;
And his descendants are blessed.

²⁷ Depart from evil, and do good;
And dwell forevermore.
²⁸ For the Lord loves justice,
And does not forsake His saints;
They are preserved forever,
But the descendants of the wicked shall be cut off.
²⁹ The righteous shall inherit the land,
And dwell in it forever.

³⁰ The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom,
And his tongue talks of justice.
³¹ The law of his God is in his heart;
None of his steps shall slide.

³² The wicked watches the righteous,
And seeks to slay him.
³³ The Lord will not leave him in his hand,
Nor condemn him when he is judged.

³⁴ Wait on the Lord,
And keep His way,
And He shall exalt you to inherit the land;
When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.
³⁵ I have seen the wicked in great power,
And spreading himself like a native green tree.
³⁶ Yet he passed away,^[a] and behold, he was no more;
Indeed I sought him, but he could not be found.

³⁷ Mark the blameless man, and observe the upright;
For the future of that man is peace.
³⁸ But the transgressors shall be destroyed together;
The future of the wicked shall be cut off.

³⁹ But the salvation of the righteous is from the Lord;
He is their strength in the time of trouble.
⁴⁰ And the Lord shall help them and deliver them;
He shall deliver them from the wicked,
And save them,
Because they trust in Him.

There's a 180 Tsunami Wave Coming to Abortion-ville!

Actually, it's "180" AND another ministry called "And Then There Were None".   

As you have seen on my blog in the past, the "180" documentary has been posted for some time now.   It's very eye-opening for many who never really throught through the whole pro-life issue.   I was one of those kinds of people at one time only I didn't have "180" to point it out to me.   Had I seen "180" when I was a lot younger, it would have made a huge impact on my life.  Pretty sure of it.  

There have been reports that "180" is making some waves on high school and college campuses.  Hundreds of thousands of copies have been distributed in many areas of the country.   It has actually saved some lives of babies (and when you think about it, maybe this film prevented some deaths of mothers as well.  We know that women still die from abortion).    

Many different things are going on in the pro-life movement right now.   I would recommend checking out some pro-life news websites like www.jillstanek.com

There has been a lawsuit filed claiming Planned Parenthood has committed fraud in the amount of $5.5 billion    Now, I am not very sanguine that this will take them down.  They get pass after pass and I seriously doubt Cecile Richards will ever see any prison cell, although some of her employees will probably be seen as expendable. 

Still, this SHOULD raise some eyebrows but my concern is people are far too jaded to care that citizen's taxes are going to fraud.  Actually, I have come to the conclusion that most people are far too jaded to care about Planned Parenthood's willingness to cover up sexual abuse, rape, incest, sex trafficking, statutory rape, domestic violence, willingness to lie about basic prenatal development, their targeting of minorities and their goals to promote promiscuity, especially among youth (the younger the better in their eyes).   

It is truly amazing to see the blank, glazed looks of people who are told about these things and there's just no reaction.  Sometimes I do get a reaction, but mostly from youths.  The people who are stone-faced and uncaring are the ones, the pro-aborts,  mostly from my mom's generation.  It's like they look at you and say, "but the coathanger icon is what we cling to....don't mess this up for us!  We refuse to register any thought contrary to our rosy picture of abortion and our heroine Margaret Sanger.  I refuse to look at your evidence."  You know you have faced the most hardened heart when the mention of a baby being killed doesn't cause a person to even flinch in the slightest.  Sadly, I know and have talked to people who are just like this.

http://180movie.com/pro-choice.php 

The other ministry that I am happy to share with those of you who have not heard yet is "And Then There Were None".   Abby Johnson is a former Planned Parenthood director having been in the industry for 8 years.   She left after a series of events took place at the abortion facility that forever changed her mind about abortion.  By the way, she just gave birth to her baby boy so congratulations, Johnson Family!  

Abby has started the ministry to help abortion workers leave the industry.  Oftentimes, there are workers who find themselves wanting to leave but fear they won't find a new job to support their families or they fear  they will be ostracized for their past involvement which goes to show you that abortion is not looked favorably by most medical professionals. Abortionists are seen as the bottom feeders in the medical field.  Even many doctors who claim a  "pro-choice" belief don't really want to do abortions themselves.  

The exciting thing about "And Then There Were None" is the possibility that abortion facilities could have great difficulty keeping their doors open if there is a mass departure of their work force.  Abortion workers see crimes being committed, fraud perpetrated and of course, the bodies of mutilated babies day in and day out.  They see the gross negligence, the callous treatment of the abortionists and their staff and the suffering victims of abortion (including the babies who may even live for a short time after the abortion).   The ministry can help the abortion worker safely report criminal activity of their former bosses, reach out to people who know where they have been, and gain some confidence in leaving by getting assistance in finding a new jobs and possible temporary financial help.    http://www.attwn.org/  

There have been many people who have left the abortion industry.   Some of them have become very outspoken pro-life warriors and have fought in many arenas for life.   Those are the "dangerous ones" to the abortion industry.   They were frontline and are not afraid to tell about the horrors (not exaggerated by any means) of the inside workings.  There is credibility and they deliver an impact.  I have been most impressed with Carol Everett's account.  Her book Blood Money: Getting Rich Off a Woman's Right to Choose has been the most riveting inside look.  Carol is pretty much a straight-from-the-hip shooter and she tells of her conversion from a highly ambitious abortion facility owner to a sold-out-for-Jesus Christian and pro-life warrior.  If you haven't read it, buy it and read it!   Carol could have become hardened and jaded but Christ gave her humility and a love to serve.  She is a formidable force to be reckoned with and she does it with a healthy dose of humor too.  In addition, Carol has a post-abortion ministry called The Heidi Group.  

http://www.squidoo.com/Carol-Everett   Much of her story is at this website but I still recommend the book.

So you see, the heart change of people will cause a major tide change for the protection of the defenseless.  Whether they see "180" or whether they leave the abortion industry, or whether they read a book......all these will cause people to rethink their ideas on abortion.  Really, that's great but none of this matters if they really don't have a personal relationship with Christ.   I am happy to hear about people change their views to pro-life.  There are pro-life atheists, pro-life secular groups and pro-life Buddhists, etc.  Dr. Bernard Nathanson (a former abortionist who died from cancer last year) became pro-life before he became a believer.  I was pro-life before I became saved.  

It one was of many precipitating factors in becoming saved in my case.  Many things contributed in my journey to being  born again.   God kept putting different truths in my path until I couldn't ignore Him any longer (He has the most amazing patience and perfect timing).  I sat in churches a long time in a complacent state of worldliness.  God grabbed hold of me through various ways and people.  This isn't my full testimony of how He became my Lord and Savior but my emphasis is that one can be pro-life and on a path to Hell.  I know I deserved Hell as I was not a good person.  I desperately wanted assurance that I was a good enough person for Heaven and I desperately wanted to know what made my place in Heaven sure.  There was no peace, just religious activity with a nagging question...."how much activity is enough for God to see that I deserve to be in Heaven?"  

None is the answer.  And on my very best day of behavior I am still but a filthy rag.  I can't do anything for myself, I can't save myself, I can't ever be good enough for Heaven ever.  I can try to save babies all day long (possibly quite successfully) and that won't get me into Heaven.  So you see, if you are out there and you have become pro-life...I am very happy that you are fighting for the defenseless.  I am thrilled that you and I share that belief that no human should be subjected to dismemberment or suffocation or even lack of sustenance based on "wantedness" or "convenience".   I hope that you recognize that it's not enough to be pro-life.  Why are we pro-life? It is because we recognize that that little baby is a human, unique and individual and precious to Him AND made in HIS image.   He created Life and His Son gave HIS life so that we might have eternal life.  Every life He brought forth on this earth is precious and beautiful to Him (if you aren't aware of it.....you need to realize that you are precious and beautiful to Him).  

I often tell my clients that the Lord opens the womb and closes the womb.   No baby, child or person you know exists on earth without His knowledge or permission.  He knows each person at a molecular level and their souls intimately.  Add up how many people have ever lived from Adam to present time and then think about all the people about to be born.  Then add the fact that He knows of all the activity going on at a molecular level in the trees,, animals,  oceans, and in the galaxies from the beginning of time to the present.  There are still saplings that will sprout and puppies to be born.....and He knows all about those things at the deepest level as well.  Even with all this, He knows and loves you and you are a precious gem to Him.  And He has all the time in the world to listen to you....He's outside of time.  He's omnipotent and omniscient.   

This kind of knowledge about God (in His own words) drew me to Him.   His love drew me to Him.  Truth drew me to Him.  I remembered one day that I realized with horror that I was not saved.  I remedied that shortly after. There was still a lot I didn't understand but He was still so patient and good to me.  To this day, I am in awe that He still wants me to be with Him.  :)    I am a pretty stiff-necked person and no, I am not proud of that.  It's not a trait to be embraced.  Chastening is a daily (hourly or secondly) activity that goes on in my day.  Thanks to Proverbs, I can put this in perspective. One thing I am working on is a spiritual inventory for a bible study I am doing.  Okay..."working" is a loose term as I haven't actually started the spiritual inventory yet.....God will deal with me, to be certain.  Maybe this blog will help me get a move-on?  :D

The one thing that bothers me is that I don't have a single moment of time where I remember turning my own "180".  It's not easy growing older!  It seemed like one day I was for abortion and then the next day I was not.  I did go through a metamorphosis that many people experience.  I was into exceptions first and then one by by one, those exceptions disappeared.  Once I realized the horrors of abortion, I went through a very hard stage of disgust for the woman who chose abortion.  In my mind, she was only one kind of woman....pretty hard-hearted and calculating.   Over time, I learned that there was not just one kind of woman who underwent abortions. You mean there are COERCED abortions?   Then, my understanding of how men were involved came into view.  Then the effect of abortion on grandparents, aunts, uncles, siblings, future siblings and friends became prominent.  This journey of learning has led me to recognize God's grace, forgiveness, His chastening, His justice, His power and His compassion.  

So you see, I became pro-life  through mysterious means.  However, in short, it was God who was behind that.  God started working on me with all those things I mentioned above.  The more I learned and the more truth He set before me, the more I was humbled and the more my heart grew and wisdom increased.  I have to admit, when I became pro-life, I wasn't seeking Him actively.  I was still very enamored by the world's pleasures and empty promises.  There was more confusion and doubt than any active search for peace and rest in Him.  I was having fun for the most part.  I loved Oprah, Rosie, and Hollywood movies. My apathy for world events slowly crumbled and God set many things in motion. 

God showed me that I was being lied to through many channels.  It set forth a huge domino effect of indignation that I had been duped but also a thirst for more answers. That's a good place to be though---malleability!   It boiled down to one question.  Do I believe that the Bible IS the SOLE authority or not?   That was the turning point for me.  After that, everything changed.  I had to leave a church based on the fact that they did not really believe in the Bible.   They elevated man's understanding above God's.   I had to dump my presuppositions that had been inculcated in me for over 30 years.   It caused a chain reaction of losing friends, losing a church and an increase in shallow conversations with family members.  

But I wouldn't go back to that life before He was Lord and Savior of my life for anything.  I was bought, paid for and sanctified.  His Word does divide but I have an amazing amount of peace.  The wheat and chaff will be separated.  The sheep and goats will be separated.  I just can't be a Chaffy Goat anymore! :D  

My life isn't a "180" movie and I am not an insider to the abortion industry.  This blog isn't going to cause a tsunami-level change to the pro-life movement (DISCLAIMER), but maybe there's a pro-lifer out there who can relate to some of the things shared here.  Are you still trying to figure things out in where you stand with your pro-life beliefs?  Are you still in the world enjoying the trappings?   It may just boil down to just a few vital questions.  Is Jesus your Savior and LORD of your WHOLE life?    Is God's Word sole authority or not?   Are you bowing down to the "created" or your CREATOR?   Who is your god....you......or Your Father in Heaven who thinks of you as worthy for His Son to pay your penalty?  

Romans 1:16-25

¹⁶ For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. ¹⁷ For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “The just shall live by faith.”

¹⁸ For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, ¹⁹ because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them. ²⁰ For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, ²¹ because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. ²² Professing to be wise, they became fools, ²³ and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things.

²⁴ Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves, ²⁵ who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.