"The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from
the snares of death."
Proverbs 14:27, KJV

"The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and
before honour is humility."
Proverbs 15:33, KJV

"By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of
the LORD men depart from evil."
Proverbs 16:6, KJV

"The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it
shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil."
Proverbs 19:23, KJV

"By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and
honour, and life."
Proverbs 22:4, KJV

Please notice how many positive things we are told regarding
the fear of the Lord:

1. It is wisdom and knowledge.
2. It prolongs our lives.
3. It protects us from evil.
4. It enriches our lives.
5. It brings honor to our lives.

These are things which many people in the world desire; and
they can indeed have them, if they will only fear the Lord,
and obey His Commandments; one of which very clearly warns us
"Thou shalt not kill". In the previous Scriptures, notice how
often we are told that the fear of the Lord is to depart from
evil. No true God-fearing, Bible-believing Christian can deny
that to obtain an abortion, simply for the sake of personal
convenience is a very evil thing; and yet every single day in
the U.S.A., an average of 3,700 innocent, unborn children are
slaughtered, and their remains thrown in the trash, or burned
in an incinerator. To you people who would dare to open your
mouths in defiance against God, I urge you to also consider
what the Lord once said to the Patriarch Job:

"Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said, Shall he that
contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth
God, let him answer it. Then Job answered the LORD, and
said, Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will
lay mine hand upon my mouth. Once have I spoken; but I will
not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further. Then
answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and
declare thou unto me. Wilt thou also disannul my judgment?
wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?"
Job 40:1-8, KJV

In the Book of Ecclesiastes, we can also find the following
words of wisdom:

"Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be
hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven,
and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few."
Ecclesiastes 5:2, KJV

In his Epistle to the brethren at Rome, the Apostle Paul
was likewise inspired to write:

"Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God?
Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast
thou made me thus?"
Romans 9:20, KJV

So as you can see, we must simply accept that God's ways are
above our ways, and His thoughts are above our thoughts; and
that whatever He does, or even allows, is for our own good.
We must never doubt His love for us; and we must continue to
trust in Him no matter what. Consider the following verses:

"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your
ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher
than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my
thoughts than your thoughts."
Isaiah 55:8-9, KJV

"And we know that all things work together for good to them
that love God, to them who are the called according to his
purpose."
Romans 8:28, KJV

"Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed
on thee: because he trusteth in thee."
Isaiah 26:3, KJV

"Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto
thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him,
and he shall direct thy paths."
Proverbs 3:5-6, KJV

This same attitude must be applied to our children who may
be born with certain mental or physical limitations. We must
not allow our emotions to overcome us, and become angry with,
or even bitter against, God. This issue is in fact something
to which I personally have given considerable attention. If
you are interested in reading my current thoughts on this and
related subjects, please consider reading the following list
of articles:

1. Why Doesn't God Heal Me?
2. Are Personal Tragedies Due To Sin?
3. Free Will And Personal Choice
4. Love And Light Or Rod And Wrath?
5. Beholding The Evil And The Good
6. The Fruits Of Disobedience

One thing I would like to mention here is that I write from
personal experience. I have a daughter, who is now a young
adult, who was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes a little over
seven years ago. At the time of her diagnosis, she had just
turned eleven years old two months prior, and it was a very
traumatic experience for her, and a very heartbreaking one
for me. From that day until now, and unless a cure is found,
for the rest of her life, she will be forced to perform an
average of three blood tests each day, as well as inject
herself with insulin about three times a day, in order to
maintain a safe blood glucose level.

Similar to many diabetics, we have endured our share of ups
and downs over the past seven years; including many bouts of
hyperglycemia, hypoglycemia, neuroglycopenia, ataxia, faulty
judgment, disorientation, seizures, incoherency, mood swings,
vomiting, headaches, etc. If we are not careful, my daughter
could eventually go blind, or have one or more of her limbs
amputated, or possibly lose her kidneys, which would result
in her being forced to go to dialysis for a number of years,
until eventually, her body grows so weak that she just dies.
Lapsing into a coma is also an ever-present danger.

For many people, this would be a very heavy burden to bear;
particularly for a young child. And believe me; when we at
first became aware of her condition, and had to spend over
two weeks in the hospital, it was difficult; particularly
for my daughter, who was constantly poked with needles, had
to be woken up every four hours, had an I.V. in her little
arm, etc. It was very hard on her; and as I already said, it
broke my heart as well to watch my young daughter suffer so
much.

In spite of this development in our lives, we still hold on
to our faith, and love and trust in the Lord for everything.
We haven't allowed the experience to embitter us against the
Lord. We don't know why He has allowed this to happen in our
lives, but we accept it as coming from His Hand. Maybe some
day we will better understand; but in the mean time, we will
just keep on trusting Him, and praising Him, no matter what.

Now, in case you still don't understand why I have chosen to
share this personal part of my life with you, let me explain.
Imagine if eighteen years ago, before my daughter was born,
the technology existed which would have allowed the doctors
to determine that she was going to develop Juvenile Diabetes
later on in her life. That would have presented me with a big
choice. Should I even allow this child to be born, realizing
that she is going to suffer later? Do I really have the right
to terminate her existence even before she is born through a
cruel act of abortion? Do I really have the right to destroy
what God has obviously created for whatever His reasons?

As we've already seen, in my particular case, as a Christian,
who believes that life comes from God, even if it happens to
be born defective, I must resolutely answer in the negative.
I don't have that right; and I would have never consented to
an abortion eighteen years ago, just as I would do so even
less today; because I understand even better now, how ugly,
horrible, violent and disgusting an abortion really is; and
this is even more so when we are dealing with the so-called
Partial-Birth Abortion. Over the years, I've educated myself
even further concerning the various forms of abortion, as is
evident by the eye-opening information that is found in the
abortion section of our web site.

I thank God for my daughter. She's brought so much laughter,
joy and inspiration into my life. She is one of the primary
reasons for my existence. I both love her and admire her. She
has been a shining example to me of inner spiritual strength
and positiveness, which I don't know that I would have had,
if I had found myself in a similar situation at such a tender
age. My daughter is a blessing to me; and to think that she
would have never entered my life, had I selfishly chosen to
accept abortion.


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