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Roe V Wade--A Silent Conversation

My father was never big on holidays.  I wasn't raised in a family that loved to commemorate things, at least not over the top.  One day that we always remembered--but never celebrated--was the anniversary of Roe V Wade.  To my father, this day embodied all that was wrong with our nation.  We disregard life.  We prefer convenience to responsibility.  We only think about the present.  The list goes on.  My parents felt strongly about children and abortion, and they conistently put forth their time and money to help pregnancy services.  I write all of this simply to introduce a set of song lyrics that I jotted down a week or so ago.  With callused fingers, She holds the test, The only solution, Is someone's death, As she walks in the door, She hears a voice, "What about me? Don't I have a choice?" "Mama, don't do it! Don't believe the lies! I can feel the pain! Can you hear my cries? Mama, don't do it! It'll b...

Abraham Justifies His Faith--Genesis 22

   In Genesis we have the familiar story of the testing of Abraham.  Between Genesis 12 and 21, God had visited Him many times, making a covenant with him and blessing him with a son in his old age.  God had promised Him that Isaac would be the heir of the Promise.  All of God’s promises to Abraham concerning the land of Canaan and a multitude of descendants were to be fulfilled in Isaac, but in Chapter 22, God visits him again and gives him a command that he could hardly believe.  God commands him to take his precious son, Isaac, and to sacrifice him.       How does Abraham respond?  Does he try to reason with God, insisting that sacrificing Isaac would be a step in the wrong direction?  Does he plead for the life of His son?  No, he simply obeys.  He obeys quickly.  He awakes early in the morning and sets out for the mountains.      He gathers the wood and fire, and he retrieves t...