A double minded man is unstable...

"If any of lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways." James 1:5-8 (NKJV)

Yesterday, I visited a blog that I had seen mentioned in a book about blogs. The author of the blog has a goal of making abortion "unnecessary." She believes that abortion should be legal because of her belief that abortion has and always will happen so long as there are women who will get pregnangt- no matter what. She is a believer in our President's current policies on abortion. I will add here that current policy has erroded many of the policies of his predecessor in promoting a culture of life in our country.

I thought to myself that this was a "wise-sounding" argument... and notice that I said "wise-sounding." You know, since Cain first murdered his brother Abel, there has been murder. However, we have laws against murder so as to protect the innocent. It could be argued that maybe we could do a better job of protecting them. However, there are laws and people are being held to account for murder across our country today. And aren't you glad about that!!!

The laws that we have to prevent murder are designed to keep people from engaging in such a terribly evil. The better the laws and the better the enforcement will hopefully translate into protecting more innocent lives. Unfortunately, it is an unrealistic goal to stop murder completely in our world today because of the unfortunate fact that people will make a choice to sin.

And so this should be with our attitude reflected in our laws toward abortion. We protect as many of the innocent as we can protect. We do our absolute best to curb people from sin. We can not control them to keep them from sinning. However, we can assign firm consequences for such sin as a barrier that will keep many from crossing over. This stance will protect innocent lives.

As I thought about it more, the Lord revealed to me that this person that I referred to in the beginning of this article, and others with such views, are double-minded. In other words, they really aren't sure as to what is right so they straddle the fence on both sides of the issue. There are always going to be difficult cases. However, this is never sufficient justification to make a decision to end the life of a baby.

God has solutions to the problems that we face. And God, unlike people at times, is never double minded about anything. He always has a plan. He always has a solution.

I think we would be amazed what could happen if we got our eyes off of the pressure of the problems that we face and put our eyes on Him. The justifications that are given for abortion are nothing more than magnification of the problems that people face. Although these problems are real, and put pressure on people to make a decision that they know deep down is wrong, there is not sufficient justification to take a life and a future away from an infant.

I recently read of a case in Ireland where a 17 year old wanted to go to England to get an abortion (where abortions are sadly legal) because it was reported to her that her baby would not live due to part of the baby's skull missing. I was wondering how many babies such as this actually could have survived despite the wisdom of men? I was also reminded of my perfectly healthy 5 year old daughter that the doctor's wanted to abort due to a faulty blood test that gave her a high risk of Down's Syndrome. I also remembered my anger that a doctor's office would try to entice us into ending the life of our pre-born child. Today, tears still rise up when I think back on this attack on her life. It still hurts to think of it because I love my daughter.

Abortion is a heinous evil. If it was outlawed today, sadly the sin of abortion would still continue just as murder continues in our world today. However, just and righteous laws would protect and preserve our culture. They would also first and foremost acknowledge & protect the Personhood and rights of the pre-born babies. This would mean an end to the tragic Holocaust provided by legal abortion where abortion is numerous and widespread. Therefore, the casualty rate currently suffered by abortion's victims today would be drastically reduced.

Renewing our trust in God could open new doors to scientific advances that would give the women an option without endangering the life of the child. Can you imagine living in an era of scientific achievent that would so alleviate a woman's pressure to seek an abortion that it would truly be deemed "unnecessary?" Imagine with me for a moment the possibilities... an artificial womb developed in which a baby could be safely transplanted from a mother who didn't want the baby and grow safely until birth.

You don't think that God knows how to do that? You better believe that He can!!! He stands ready to provide the knowledge to those who would seek Him to develop such an invention. My question is will the godly scientists of our generation arise to this challenge? We need Jesus-filled sold-out to God scientists in this modern era to be agents of God's love and blessing to our generation.

A renewed culture of life would renew us to possibilities that are pure, true and right. Remember, God always has a plan. However, we must submit our collective earthly, sensual wisdom as an American people to the Wisdom of God. This is what "One Nation Under God" is all about.

And that's Wisdom for a Nation today. Todd