Before I formed thee... I knew thee
By David J. Stewart
“Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.” —Jeremiah 1:5
This should be “The Picture of the Decade.” It won't be. In fact, unless you obtained a copy of the U.S. paper, which published it, you probably will never see it. The picture is that of a 21-week-old unborn baby named Samuel Alexander Armas, who is being operated on by a surgeon named Joseph Bruner.
The baby was diagnosed with spina bifida and would not survive if removed from his mother's womb. Little Samuel's mother, Julie Armas, is an obstetrics nurse in Atlanta. She knew of Dr. Bruner's remarkable surgical procedure. Practicing at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, he performs these special operations while the baby is still in the womb.
During the procedure, the doctor removes the uterus via C-section and makes a small incision to operate on the baby. As Dr. Brunerb completed the surgery on little Samuel, the little guy reached his tiny, but fully developed, hand through the incision and firmly grasped the surgeon's finger.
In a Time Europe article highlighting new pregnancy imagery that show the formation of major organs and other significant evidence of the formation of human life but a few days after conception, Dr. Bruner was reported as saying that when his finger was grasped, it was the most emotional moment of his life, and that for an instant during the procedure he was just frozen totally immobile. The photograph captures this amazing event with perfect clarity. The editors titled the picture, “Hand of Hope.”
The text explaining the picture begins, “The tiny hand of a 21-week-old fetus Samuel Alexander Armas emerges from the mother's uterus to grasp the finger of Dr. Joseph Bruner as if thanking the doctor for the gift of life.” Little Samuel's mother said they “wept for days” when they saw the picture. She said, “The photo reminds us my pregnancy isn't about disability or an illness, it's about a little person.” Samuel was born in perfect health, the operation 100 per cent successful. Now see the picture once more, and it is awesome...incredible. And hey, pass it on. The world needs to see this one!
“Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.” —Jeremiah 1:5
“Thou shalt not kill.”
―Exodus 20:13
What is a Life Worth? (YouTube video)
Please take a look at this YouTube video. It will remind you that every human life is precious and that we can see this truth most clearly through the face of a helpless, innocent baby who can do nothing for us but allow us the opportunity to give ourselves to him in love. It teaches that joy comes through giving oneself to another for their own sake and that authentic joy can be experienced in the midst of difficulties and even amidst tremendous sorrow. Mostly, it will reveal the heroic courage and life affirming witness that is possible for those yielded to and animated by the life of the Holy Spirit. Take a look but make sure you have your Kleenex ready.
PRO-CHOICE: The gas oven or an abortionist's garbage dumpster?
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The American Holocaust: Abortion
The Truth Why Women Have Abortions
If
you ask people why they do the things they do in life, they will give
you sensible sounding reasons which seem to explain their decisions. We
like to believe that we exercise sound judgment, especially in the
important decisions of our lives.
I think that this is rarely true. I think that standard operating
procedure for human decision making is to do what feels right to you at
the time, and then to give logical sounding justifications for what you
were already going to do anyway, whether you had justifications or not.
So, if you are pregnant, and want to get an abortion, you will be able
to give any number of reasonable sounding explanations why this is the
right decision. You're not ready to be a parent, or you need to finish
your education or get to a better point in your career, or you don't
have enough money, etc.
If instead you want to keep the baby, you will explain how even though you will have some extra difficulties due to the lack of money or whatever, you will certainly be up to the challenge to make your life work with the baby, how being a parent will be good for you, what a great parent you'll make, how it will bring you and the father closer together, and so on. In either case, none of these will be the real reason for your decision. The real reason for your decision will always be, "I did it because I wanted to do it."
"And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible." —Isaiah 13:11
http://www.hispanicsforlife.org“To educate our Hispanic community regarding the life issues, especially the hate crime they have been subjected to by the abortion industry and promoters of abortion.”
Mission statement—
RU-486 Abortion Pill Manufactured by Same Company as Nazi Zyklon-B Gas
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?
There is none!
Before I formed thee... I knew thee
Genesis 4:10, “And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.”
The Horror of Abortion!
If God could hear the voice of Abel's blood crying out to Him from the ground (Genesis 4:10), do you suppose God has missed the cries of those 54,000,000 infants who've been butchered in America since 1973?
“...speaking the truth in love...” —Ephesians 4:15
“Ye that love the LORD, hate evil...” —Psalm 97:10
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