I want to see Planned Parenthood defunded, but I want more than that. I want abortion to be called what it is, murder. I want my country to fall on its face before God and humanity and cry out in repentance that we are to blame for the deaths of millions and that we will never do it again. I want my country to rise up and be a shining light on the hill and publically state that abortion is wrong and that we will never allow it again.
This means we must embrace a future that holds life as a precious gift, all human life, the life of the preborn, the life of the child who needs enough to eat, the life of the teenager who needs an education and work to grow true and strong, the life of parents who need freedom to build a life of value, the life of our elderly, our sick, our disabled. To see that all stages of life are beautiful and of value.
This means we must embrace a future that holds life as a precious gift, all human life, the life of the preborn, the life of the child who needs enough to eat, the life of the teenager who needs an education and work to grow true and strong, the life of parents who need freedom to build a life of value, the life of our elderly, our sick, our disabled. To see that all stages of life are beautiful and of value.
I also believe that WE must do this. Nor We, the government, but We, the people. This will mean each person looking around him and reaching out to those who are in need. Each family finding another family to come along side and support during times of trouble. It means being a neighbor, loving others as we love ourselves.
And that may be the easy part. Because a culture of life means we teach our daughters that they are more than just a sex symbol, that they have value as a person, that motherhood is something to be honored and not a selfish act. It means we must teach our young men that they are the defenders of life, that being a father is a responsibility and a privilege, that they are more than just a tower of hormones that can't help themselves and that anything someone agrees to is not okay, even if they can be persuaded to say yes. It means that we ensure that all our children have a bright future, and a purpose.
To be a culture of life, we must be willing to change our culture from the heart out. Making abortion illegal is the easy part, changing our culture to one of personal responsibility, one of caring for others before caring for self and pleasure, one of freedom with self-control, that is the hard part and unless we do those things, we will continue down a path that values life so cheaply that killing unborn children for profit is horrifying but legal.
Cheryl Eggers, Old Sawmill Homestead, Nemo, SD 731/2015
And that may be the easy part. Because a culture of life means we teach our daughters that they are more than just a sex symbol, that they have value as a person, that motherhood is something to be honored and not a selfish act. It means we must teach our young men that they are the defenders of life, that being a father is a responsibility and a privilege, that they are more than just a tower of hormones that can't help themselves and that anything someone agrees to is not okay, even if they can be persuaded to say yes. It means that we ensure that all our children have a bright future, and a purpose.
To be a culture of life, we must be willing to change our culture from the heart out. Making abortion illegal is the easy part, changing our culture to one of personal responsibility, one of caring for others before caring for self and pleasure, one of freedom with self-control, that is the hard part and unless we do those things, we will continue down a path that values life so cheaply that killing unborn children for profit is horrifying but legal.
Cheryl Eggers, Old Sawmill Homestead, Nemo, SD 731/2015
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