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‘Til Death Us Do Part
REFLECTION S
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"Out O f The Mouth O f Babes"
T he parents were apprehensive
as they gathered for open house ,
at the 3rd grade classroom , espe­
cially sin c e som e h a d been at
open house before, and w eren’t re­
ally excited about sitting in the
pint sized chairs.
They were in for a real surprise
w hen the teacher said, “ I prom ised
y o u r c h i ld r e n y o u w o u ld a ll
help w rite the class poem .” As
sh e ig n o r e d th e g r o a n s a n d
m o an s, she e x p la in e d th a t th e
poem w ould be free verse and all the
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parents had to do would be to finish a
sentence that began “ I w ish...... ” The
p are n t’s lists were self centered “I
w ish 1 could be happy an d problem -
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much
“ 1 w ish my mom and dad would
love each other like before.”
N one o f the ch ild ren ’s wishes
were self centered. T he silence in
free”
“I w ish 1 had a hom e o f my ow n.” the room was deafening, not to m en­
“ 1 w ish 1 had more money in the tion the tears. A sk any group o f
children to com plete the ”1 w ish"
bank.”
After the teacher read all the se­ sentence. T he list you get will su r­
lections aloud from the parents, she pass any serm on on faiih, hope, or
quictlv opened another folder and read love. “Let ine approach the world
like a child today and leave it a
w hat the children had w ritten:
better place for having seen through
"1 w ish my grandm a didn t die.
I w ish my daddy didn t drink so their eyes again ”
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K illing, w hether it be hum ane or
inhum ane, is wrong. As 1 was listen­
ing to the radio, Lou D avies was host­
ing and discussing the topic of "E u ­
thanasia”, w hich is defined as the
intentional causing o f an easy and
painless death. O ne statem ent that
w as m ade, “ We
now live in an age
o f c o n v e n ie n c e ,
instant and ready­
made. Those terms
are all right in ref­
erence to an object,
such as a toaster,
but not w ith a hu­
man life.
As C hristian Believers, we m ust
address this issue and not w rite it off
as a fad or a vapor w hich will ju st
vanish w ith a strong breeze.
1 have heard too many C hristian
Believers em bracing this idea andev en
justifying the action w ith com m ents
like: God is gracious, m erciful and
loving, and 1 know that he w ouldn't
w ant so and so to suffer like that
1 d o n ’t know how m any tim es or
how many ways to say it...but, 'God
does not, 1 repeat, does not need our
feeble-minded help.” A g a in -th e Holy
Scripture says, “Lean not to your own
understanding.
but, “ ...in all thy
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T u e s d a y S ilb le
direct your path.”
How m any tim es have you been
on the job and as you clocked-in, w ent
to your w ork area, checked your work
for the day and discover that some
w ell-m eaning person has usurped your
duties/position of
authority, taken an
im portant task and
botched it up be­
cause they did not
com pletely know
how to coordinate
th e in fo rm atio n
T h e -th e
next
move is to throw it
out or spend precious tim e re-doing it
Now you have lost valuable tim e un­
doing this w ell-m eaning deed.
However, w hen a hum an life has
been term inated through abortion,
mercy killing or suicide, there is no
way som eone can undo, rectify, cor­
rect or repair their mistake. “ Sorry !"
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the inventor, are present or not.
It’s ju st like the scientist who
thought of, invented and then success­
fully tested the atom ic bom b N either
he nor his family m em bers will ever
forget the devastation, the carnage,
the desolation, the after-math, the tears
and aloneness-caused by th is in g e­
nious invenuon.
E uthanasia is another sound o f
"W ar” . A silent was w hich has be­
come so sophisticated until even the
judicial system has been caught un­
aware. Judges and lawyers are now
scurry ing about in an attem pt to either
defend or prosecute the culprit
If the Holy Spirit is not the one
leading you to explore certain areas,
leave it alone. Satan can get into an
intelligent m ind and reap havoc w hen
God is not there. And because the
person is so intelligent, there are a l­
ways weak people to listen.
E uthanasia is ju st another rude
aw areness of satam c forces. I he scrip­
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ture says,
does not help
“Be sober, be vigilant; because
God created life an d God, and
your
adversary the devil, as a roaring
only God, determ ines how long we
lion,
walketh about, seeking who he
should live or w hen we should die
L et’s call it for w hat is really may devour.W hom resist steadfast in
is ..’’E uthanasia is m urder.” T here is the faith, know ing that the same af­
no excusing it And--yes, it is a pre­ flictions are accom plished in your
meditated act w hen a person goes brethren that aie in the w orld.” [Peter
through the trouble o f creating and 5:8-9 KJVJ
developing a sophisticated device that
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will take a perso n ’s life w hether you.
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