5.18.2005 | Sparrows and abortion

No apparent connection? First, consider the word of God as given to the prophet Jeremiah 1:

4 Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
5 "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
and before you were born I consecrated you;
I appointed you a prophet to the nations."

"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you..." This is God speaking. God, who knows each and every single person ever born, ever to be born, as long as there shall be persons in His image on the earth. So what, the skeptic says. Jeremiah was special, a revered prophet. Surely God doesn't care in the same way about all of us.

Surely He does. The skeptic may be correct; you and I are not the equal of the prophet Jeremiah. Perhaps not in our eyes. But in the eyes of God, all of us are equal to the extent that we are His people. From the smallest and dullest child, to the most brilliant sage. For as our Lord tells us in Matthew 10

29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. 30 But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. 31 Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.

It really is that simple. And it helps to explain why we should always choose life for those yet to be born. Who knows, the baby that is killed in an abortion might have become the new Jeremiah. Or Einstein. Or the homeless man you take such pity on but would not trade places with for all the tea in China. All worthy of the gift of life in God's eyes.

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