Live Pro-life

Are you pro-life?

Of course, I'm a Christian!

I know Psalm 139:13

For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.

I know life starts at conception, and so does our need of a Savior.

Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me. Psalm 51:5

I know that I should lead others to believe the truth about God's gift of life.

Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect,  First Peter 3:15

OK, I do need to work on the last part, "gentleness and respect." I try not to get shocked when people tell me their interesting conclusions.

But this method is very passive. Jesus also told us to "Go and make disciples" and "whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me." Faith and belief cause action. God's word is living and active! What are you doing right now that is pro-life?

You don't have to be extreme. Did you know that NOT giving disapproving looks to a young pregnant woman is living pro-life? Did you know that NOT complaining about your children is living pro-life? Have you ever started "baby talk" with a pregnant women in a store? You can share your excitement over bringing a new life into this world, and all the blessings God gives us through our children.

God didn't give you the gift of talking with people? How about walking...yes, walking. Can you walk? How about using this gift to be pro-life? This 2 mi walk/ 5k run supports a pregnancy counseling center that is very near my heart: www.life-a-thon.org

Do you have the gift of parenting? How about becoming a foster parent or adopting a child?

Has God blessed you with material wealth? You live in America and you're reading this on the internet, I think the answer is "Yes."

Funding is one of the biggest challenges of pregnancy counseling centers like this one [www.pregnancy-counseling.com] in the Milwaukee area. Centers like these are making a difference, not in the grand legal debate, but in the individual lives of women struggling with the choice of life and death. Our society pressures women to terminate unplanned pregnancies. Most often, the woman knows that she caries a child and that the abortion will end that child's life, but concerns of unsupportive family and inconvenience strangle out any hope for the child.

We want to build a Wall of Hope that protects not only children, but mothers and fathers as well.

Kirk Walden, author of The Wall, asserts that "Though pregnancy help centers have been in the process of building this Wall of Hope for quite some time, it is now when their impact is about to become more powerful than ever. The pieces are now in place for effective growth; the result of that growth being a stunning, surprising and joyful downturn in America's abortion rate, possibly back to pre-Roe v. Wade levels." And what is the key to this strategy that will produce such staggering results? Funding.

What kind of funding? Kirk says that if 20% of people who claim to be pro-life gave an average of $8.34/month, we would be there. You would be seeing the culture change. If you are pro-life, please, find a local pregnancy counseling center and start giving this minimal financial support. I support WELS Lutherans for Life and I am looking for 1040 people to give $10/month to support their mission. Sound like a lot of people? Not if we add up my friends, your friends, and their friends. Check out the website, ask me questions, and see if your heart aligns with our vision.

If you're ready right now, you can join the Friend of Life monthly giving program through this secure online giving page.

With this kind of financial support, we would have enough funds to not only change our society's view on life, but start many more family-building programs.

Whatever way you decide to live pro-life is up to you. But if you believe it, live it!

Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Psalm 31:8

Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. James 1:22

"Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock." Matthew 7:24