Poignant Moments in Life’s Reflections
I like to visit HighBoy’s blog, Christ Matters. You all know me as someone that speaks out with conviction regarding our troops, the defense of our great nation, and where I see politics drifting off into the weeds. The one subject I don’t think I have ever touched on is religion. I visit HighBoy and Amy Proctor’s Bottom Line Up Front to get my “fix” as it were. And remember, I use the word “fix” in this blog to mean two things: repair the system and provide a waypoint. This post is a waypoint …
I am going to post comments I made to one of HighBoys discussion threads. It’s about the pro-abortion position, so if you have this as one of your “sticky points” either move on or read on.
As it happened, the discussion was pretty heated, and in my first comment (#17) I made a few “Fix4RSO-like” goofey comments within some fair points of contention. I also made some points that I feel resonated quite well with my inner self and soul. Then, the discussion came to how many weeks means a fetus is “real”, and how can we have respect for life when innocent lives are being destroyed in Iraq (Bush lied, innocent people died) and it struck me: we are defending ourselves from Islamofascists that have made it, and continue to reiterate, their life’s goal to kill us all - all infidels! So again, we are defending ourselves, yet, what about the innocent life that cannot defend itself?
Remember, I warned you … continue at your own peril, the rest of this post all the way to the bottom is straight from comment (#32) 
Interesting - this has finally devolved into saying that defending oneself from being killed is not OK, yet, a fetus that cannot defend itself is OK to be killed …
By your arguments, Jody, I am wrong for disagreeing with both of my above statements.
All this arguing to keep abortion available to those that want a “nicer life ’cause the FETUS is going to ruin my cozy Sunday mornings reading the paper in bed” is all for naught.
God knows you’ve sinned.
When you meet him, you’ll finally understand. And, if you do not believe in God, then, don’t worry! Which is exactly why all those pro-abortion types should worry, and do, and flail like crazy trying to make the rest of us come down to their level.
At least here on earth they’ll feel better … for a while. It’s that eternity-thang I’m actually paying attention to right now. So, pardon me if I refuse to lower myself so far down to accept this new form of euthenasia … life, no matter which week, day, hour, second, fraction of a second, is precious.
You’ll never wrest from me the respect and love that I have for the unborn life. This is where we all come to, in the end, and where we always shall part ways. You’ll never respect or love it as we do, and we will never slice it to the week or second to have a “happy life without a little hard work”.
And, you DO NOT KNOW my situation, or that of my children. For those of us parents that have a heavier burden than others, take heed.
By your hand, one of my children would not be here.
She would NOT have placed the fake flower on the chair next to me, giggle, and run away down the hall. Then, when she thought I was not looking, the flower is replaced with the huge spider from the Halloween decorations … all just her little game …
And, my joy.
He looks down on her with love, and that love is spread to our entire family. His love is in her smile, her patience, and her determination to understand just what it is that makes her different from all of her classmates.
She cries - we hug her.
She asks - we explain, and hug her.
She lives - we hug her a bunch.
We cry, when she is not looking.
May God have mercy on your soul. It is His will that I forgive you, and you may not understand and take this the wrong way, but that is His will.
It shall be done.
TAGS: Fix4RSO, Milblog, Military, Life, God, Abortion
October 6th, 2006 at 19:33
Damsel says “Children bring their own love - to deprive yourself of that love is tragic. And selfish.”
We both enjoyed reading this post — it brought lumps to our throats and tears to our eyes. Our kids have left the nest but they still bring us the “spiders.”
October 6th, 2006 at 23:55
A true post, and a touching one Fix. Unfortunatley, the debate is still raging over there, and I tell you it sickens me to what our society tolerates. When humanity is being used as a political tool, we need to stop playing politics.
October 7th, 2006 at 11:24
Yes, very touching.
And I too love to read the conviction of Highboy’s beliefs.
October 9th, 2006 at 10:05
Thanks to ALL of you for continuing on and reading this post.
It’s odd because in response to this thread, over at Christ Matters, the person that I was “talking” to misunderstand my, “By your hand…” statement. She assumed I meant that _she herself_ would have killed that unborn child. The important point here is that by promulgating the pro-abortion position, the ease someone will approach this matter becomes a quick-fix to life’s challenge.
Sad …
October 10th, 2006 at 19:56
great post.
October 17th, 2006 at 17:45
Observed
One wonders if they just woke up and realized the world is neither consistentantly wonderful nor ultimately fair and thus pissed when people make different choices than they would.
October 17th, 2006 at 18:21
Jody,
Not sure to which “they” you are directing your comments. If the “they” is me, no, I didn’t wake up from a _jaded_ existence and then get mad when someone makes a decision counter to mine. I’m in no way lost nor do I believe that the world is consistently wonderful or always fair … and, I am not naive, as I believe you have inferred in your post (the result of your trackback to this post). Pro-abortionists have made it easy to kill an unborn child and I’m not pissed - it’s their soul at risk not mine.
I’ll restate - promulgating the pro-abortion position makes it easier to kill the unborn. People now are more apt to be cavalier about having sexual intercourse. Once the woman is pregnant the die is cast. Is everyone wandering around in a sheltered bubble thinking that nothing is the result from sexual intercourse?
There are joys, and consequences, but if you realize that you are doing something that can bring a life into this world, shouldn’t there be a greater respect for that “process”? It’s like smoking, or drinking, or target shooting - there are joys and consequences and they all can affect someone else.
It’s just that pro-abortion folks do not consider the fetus someone else. And, there’s the rub, because I do. Again, this is, I am sure, where we part or see things differently.
October 18th, 2006 at 2:29
“One wonders if they just woke up and realized the world is neither consistentantly wonderful nor ultimately fair and thus pissed when people make different choices than they would.”
Sounds like a lame philisophical justification for baby killing Jody. If the best argument you have against pro-life movements is “that’s ubsurd”, you are a sad little man indeed.