Write and Wrong

I'm a writer for several reasons. I use writing as a tool to relieve stress. I enjoy getting lost in the world that my imagination has created -- even if it is for a short while. I use writing to express my thoughts and my feelings. Sometimes, I express myself far better by writing what I have to say than by actually saying it. Those who know me well know this to be true. I also use writing to be heard. In a world as populated as ours, it is important to find a way to be heard. Even if you are only heard by a few.
I read a story last week on China. It talked about how the gender population was swiftly shifting toward a more male dominated society. While the fact that China has a somewhat degrading view of woman is not a secret, it has become apparent just how far they are taking this. While the government opposes abortion based on sex, the people of China are still aborting their baby if they discover it is a girl.
In the eyes of the Lord, abortion for any reason is wrong and I believe that. I believe that from the moment of conception, that fetus is a human being. A human being that God created and gave to the parents as a gift. Aborting the fetus, for whatever reason, is murder. The Bible says so and that's all the proof I need. Where does the Bible say it?

Ecclesiastes 11:5 says "As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body is formed in a mother's womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things."
Psalm 139:13 says "For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb."
Exodus 20:13 says "Thou shalt not murder."

Psalm 139 is one of my favorite chapters in the Bible. I read it again this morning and thought about God and how many things I love about Him. I was recently asked the question "Which of God's attributes do you feel is the most important and why?" Without even thinking, I said His unconditional love. As humans, we look at all the imperfections of those around us and judge them on what they do or do not do. In Psalm 139, God SEES everything we do. He doesn't miss anything. He knows when I sit and when I stand. He knows when I'm trying to hide from Him in the darkness. He knows my thoughts before I do. He knows my prayers before I even speak them.

Take a moment and read just a bit of Psalm 139:

"O LORD, you have searched me and you know me.
You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.
You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.
Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O LORD.
You hem me in—behind and before; you have laid your hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?
If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea,
even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.
If I say, 'Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,'
even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day,
for darkness is as light to you.
For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb.
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place.
When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,
your eyes saw my unformed body.
All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be."

"All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be." That verse alone says so much about God and how much He loves us. When an expectant mother learns that she is pregnant, her thoughts will eventually turn toward what that child will be like. What will he/she look like? Will they grow up to make a difference in the world? The beautiful thing about it is that God already knows! He knows what that child will look like, for He formed them in the womb. He knows what they will grow to become because He knows how many days the child will see before one of them even begins. It's comforting to know that I don't have to do anything. God is in control and He knows everything about me --- YET He loves me despite of what He knows! Unconditional Love. That's something that humans do not possess and will never possess while on earth.

Verse 17 says:

"How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand.
When I awake, I am still with you.
If only you would slay the wicked, O God!
Away from me, you bloodthirsty men!
They speak of you with evil intent; your adversaries misuse your name.
Do I not hate those who hate you, O LORD, and abhor those who rise up against you?
I have nothing but hatred for them; I count them my enemies.
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.
See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting."

"Lead me in the way everlasting." That is my prayer. Search my heart and know me. See if there is anything in my life that displeases You and get rid of it. Make me an empty vessel that You fill with Your love and Your grace and Your forgiveness. Fill my heart with hatred for those who hate You, Lord. Do not allow me to be near those who speak of You with evil intent and misuse Your name. Count them as my enemies, Lord. Lead me in the way everlasting.