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| New Year and Milestones |
With every new year many people celebrate various milestones and anniversary dates. In August of 2007, my wife and I will celebrate our ninth year of marriage. In a time when nine years of marriage is actually an accomplishment, I praise God for the blessing of an amazing wife who sticks with me through the good and the bad. I am blessed to have a wife who understands my passion for ministry and shares a desire to serve God and love our neighbors as ourselves. In July of 2007, I will celebrate twenty years of a new life in Christ, the day that Jesus lifted me out of the horrible pit of my old life. Psalm 40:2-3 says: He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, Those verses speak directly of what God did for me, and I can hardly believe that it has been twenty years since the day that a doctor came into a hospital room and shared the love of Christ with me. I am humbled by a God and Savior who has stuck with me when I don't even come close to deserving His mercy. I am beyond amazed that a Holy God would come to earth and become a man, live among us and die a torturous death to pay for our sins. While twenty years on Earth may be a long time, my hope lies in the eternity I get to spend with Him. These are truly things to celebrate. But, while there are so many milestones to rejoice over, there are also some that should be mourned. For most events, 34 years would be something to celebrate. However, this year we will be reaching the 34th anniversary of the Annual March for Life in Washington D.C.. That means that we are entering into 35 years of decimalized child-killing in America. Think about that for a minute: we are starting a 35th year in which over 4,000 little baby boys and girls will have no rights for the first nine months of their lives. Thirty-five years of these precious little children being ripped limb from limb in the name of choice. It may be hard to truly grasp what this means as this is such a hidden and politicized tragedy. Do you remember 9/11? Do you remember how horrific that day was when we lost over 3,000 people to a terrorist act? Imagine if what happened on 9/11 happened every day for 35 years. It is almost unthinkable to imagine such a thing, and even more unbelievable to think that we wouldn't do anything to put a stop to such horror. Abortion claims more victims every day than died on 9/11. If we can't even fathom living in a country where a 9/11 attack happened everyday, how is it that we can accept the killing of over 4,000 precious babies every day? We can't. We absolutely cannot go on day after day allowing this holocaust to continue. We have a duty and a command from God to love our neighbor as ourselves, and these precious little ones are our neighbors. Many of you may be coming to this year's March for Life to take a stand for the babies. I have been going since 1994, and I have noticed a trend when I am there. So many people treat this event as a celebration. Sure it's a great feeling to be standing with more than 100,000 people who are all there for the same cause, but it is far from celebratory. We should treat this day as a day of mourning for those 1.5 million children that were killed that year. Stand True has been a part of the March for Life since our inception, and we are excited to see more and more young people come out and stand up for life. We love the life principles that the March for Life teaches and are proud to be a part of this amazing event. Our prayer is that one day we can celebrate with a March for Life that marks the end of abortion in this country. If you live near Washington D.C., I encourage you to come on January 22nd and take a stand with us, and help send a message to our nation's leaders that the killing of innocent children is simply not acceptable. For Christ I stand,
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