Another message (from my wonderful husband)

I'm not only blessed with wonderful parents, I have been blessed with a fabulous husband. Like the rest of us, he is not perfect. But, he has a deep love of God and a strong passion for the Pro-Life movement! Here are some of his words from a recent letter he wrote.

It is often easy to feel complaisant with the choices we make, but howoften do we really think about the decisions we make? First I beg ofyou to read my longwinded diatribe in its entirety. I will ask a fewsimple questions, which I hope will cause you to reflect deeply onwhat it means to be a Christian. Before I do so I wish to take amoment to share a few salient thoughts. Unfortunately every electionyear we have the same old argument of separation of Church and State.However, such an argument does not apply to the individual ability tomake moral and ethical decisions based on their system of Faith inrespect to the way they vote. I also laugh when I hear people makesuch statements like this election should not be about morals andfaith. How interesting considering denying my morals and beliefs is todeny myself as my faith makes up much of whom I am.That being said I am far from a perfect person, and I do not wish todo anything more than to give you a moment of pause to reflect. I am100% pro-life, and by this I mean I oppose anyone who takes the life of another be it, genocide in Darfur, Capital Punishment, or Abortion. I did not always share this belief on Capital Punishment until mydear wife asked me a question that caused me to think and change mypoint of view. It was a very simple question yet challenged me in such a way, as I had never been challenged before. That is to say I calledmyself Pro-Life, but condoned the taking of life via CapitalPunishment. I often gave into my human side which was a thirst forvengeance for crimes done against others, a blood vengeance. That isthe human side of me speaking, not from the perspective of what Godwishes. The Bible often says that "My thoughts are not your thoughts,nor are your ways My ways,' says the Lord. Simply, just because Ithirst for vengeance does not make it right to take a life. I oftenhear an eye for an eye, this is not the covenant of the New Testament.If you are a believer in Jesus as Savior, of God made Man, then youmust not cling to this philosophy. I did and now I say let them servertheir time in prison and leave the ultimate justice to God. For eventhe guilty are loved by God. God does not wish anyone to perish. I amnow happy to say that in good conscience I am 100% Pro-Life, I believeand live for the Gospel of Life.It is contrary to the Gospel of Life to believe that abortion is everpermissible, let us put aside the argument of when does lifetechnically begin. Are we God do we really know conclusively when itbegins? No, we do not and thus are responsible to ensure that life isprotected in all stages from conception to natural death. If forexample, life did not begin at conception when does it start? Manypeople have different opinions and scientific arguments to make onthis point. I will tell you this for me it is simply put, if lifebegins at conception (I believe it does) and I choose to supportabortion I am supporting the murder and destruction of God's creation.I would then be culpable to the murder of millions of unborn. The"what if" question of does life begin at conception question is enoughreason for me to consider my choices careful. Obviously if it did notthere would be no harm no foul done, again I believe it does, but thehorror of the choice if wrong is a grave sin against the soul. Eitherway as a Christian I cannot take that chance that I could be wrong, ifI am their blood is on my hands, this same culpability is handed to uswhen we vote for a pro-choice candidate, doing so allows the genocideof God's creations. God precious gifts of life can not be treatedcavalierly. If you vote you are responsible for the choice you make,ignorance of the truth is no excuse, and no one can go before God andclaim ignorance because in our hearts we know the truth. This is amoral truth that can be ignored, but does not simply disappear justbecause it is inconvenient for us to pay for our choices. I imploreyou to search for God deep in your heart and hear what He has to tellyou. I am no longer going to sit here and be silent just because I amafraid to offend people, sometimes if you really care about the stateof someone's soul you must take that chance even if it offends themand causes them to no longer want to associate you. I would rather behated for following the ways of God, than to continue in my cowardiceand hold my tongue for the sake of being liked. That being said, God'sredemption is ever present He is waiting to offer it to you at anytime. All you have to is accept it repent of your evil ways, andembrace God's forgiveness. I have for my position I hope you will to.If you read this and have already voted, and chose poorly it is nevertoo late to ask for God's forgiveness for your error.

God Bless,Dave

PS. One interesting thought is if there were truly to be separation ofchurch and state, then why does the state prohibit the church fromspeaking openly and honestly about this matter with out threat ofloosing it's non-profit status. The unions aren't affected by this….something to ponder.