Saturday, May 23, 2009

To stress being pro-active

Oftentimes, I find myself talking to people who are passionately pro-life, but don't do anything to further the cause. I've received various answers, from "I just don't have time," all the way to "Because the pro-lifers that actually protest are crazies!"

A lot of people tend to put activists on the extreme end of their spectrum. I mean, look at PETA. Or anti-war hippies. And then everyone knows the pro-life activists are clinic bombers, right?

Wrong. Most pro-life activists are, in fact, non-violent. Many pro-life groups actually state in their mission statements and on their websites that they are against clinic bombing, because it hinders the dignity of the pro-life cause.
We are, after all, pro-life...we should consider that even the abortionist has the right to life until natural death, and pray for their conversion.

Many people say, "Well, I have a family. I have a job- the people of good will on this earth are focusing on those sorts of things."
I respect that. It's wonderful that you are raising your children properly and earning your living. But do you really not have time? At my church, the Respect Life ministry prays outside the abortion clinic for an hour once a month.

The March for Life is only one day a year, and my whole family calls off work for that one day to go down and walk.

Do you not have time, maybe some minutes here or there, to write to your congress men and women? To write a letter to a pro-life senator thanking them for their work, or to find out about legislation that regards the topic of abortion or stem-cell research? Shoot them an e-mail, even!

Or be a spiritual activist. Maybe spend 15 minutes a day reflecting on the sanctity of life and praying for protection from conception to natural death. Pray for abortionists to convert. Pray for a clinic to close. Pray for a mother to change her mind. Pray for pro-abort politicians to reconsider their stance.

For the first time since Roe v. Wade, pro-lifers are in the majority- by the skin of our teeth. We need to make the most of that potential power. We vote people into power, it is their job to listen to the desires of the people. How will they know, though, if we remain at home and never make a show of solidarity? How can we save the pre-born innocents if we remain just as voiceless as them? It is then a point, that some way, some how, we must fight the on-going slaughter against them.

One day a year at the March for Life.

One hour a month, counseling or praying at a clinic.

A single letter to a Senator or Representative.

15 minutes daily in prayer.

It's really multiple choice, you know. Is it hard to pick at least one of these answers? If you can help in more than one manner, wonderful. Our main goal, however, should be to find some way to help the pro-life cause. You could donate infant clothes or diapers to crisis pregnancy centers. You could put a bumper sticker on your car. You could join the mailing list of a pro-life group to stay updated.

Any level of involvement will help children in the womb, as long as it's not zero.
Excuses shouldn't exist if you are truly devoted to pro-life ideals.

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