Good morning, world. Things are looking pretty good from the front porch of my farm in Virginia today. It looks like there’s a battle going on the sky this morning between the sun and the clouds, each one leveraging for position this morning. This picture reminded me of the world we live in today…a never-ending battle over good and “bad” and a never-ending battle for position. While today has been declared a National Day of Prayer for those poor people dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey…prayers of hope and prayers for restoration and strength…there’s another storm brewing for “bad” as one group is scurrying around to gather up funds for “emergency” abortions for the storm victims that may be at risk of running out of time to terminate life within the legally allowable limits. The never ending battle over good and “bad”….

Christians get in a whole lot of hot water for speaking-up for Truth…at least those of us bold enough to speak, that is. When we speak-up about things like abortion or homosexuality or any other modern-day “right” the world fights over, our words are twisted and turned and we’re painted into being judgmental and opinionated fools. But we’re just Ambassadors for the One Who set the Rules in place, and we’re just the Messengers of Truth on His behalf. Oh…there are some Christians that point fingers and beat people over the head with Bibles with no love or compassion at all, and I can’t say that I blame the world for not listening to the Truth when they do. But there are plenty of others with Christ-like compassion willing to spread the Truth with love and kindness that get thrown under the bus with all the rest. At this time when life is in absolute turmoil for so many people in the aftermath of Harvey…a time where we gather to pray on their behalf…a time when we’ll do what we can to help them rebuild their lives and we’ll shed tears over their circumstances….is also a time that “bad” attempts to squash out the good with a focus on ending human life to spare them from the woes of this world. The never-ending battle over good and “bad”…

There’s no such thing as “choice” when it comes to taking the life of another human being and there’s no such thing as a “fetus” that has feels no pain or that has no soul. There’s no such thing as an accidental pregnancy when you understand Who creates life in the first place, and there will never be a need for “emergency abortions”. There’s no such thing as “safe” abortions and there’s no such thing as preventing “back alley” abortions just because they can be performed in a clinic these days. To some, abortion is still considered shameful and they’ll opt for a back alley abortion to keep their secret “secret” over signing into the clinic for a legal one every time. So far there have been over 60 million lives lost to abortion by legally allowable means since abortion became legal. We have no way of knowing how many other secret abortions have taken place. But 60 million people will never be a voice in America and 60 million people will never make their mark. These 60 million people will never fill our schools or the workplace or churches of even the government and they’ll never vote. They’ll never work to pour money into our economy and they’ll never stand up for good or “bad”. The only way to endure the thought over what we’ve allowed to happen to these innocent lives, is by knowing that the God that knit them together in their mother’s womb welcomed them Home to Himself the second the “bad” snuffed the life out of them; emergency abortion or not.

I’ve been praying for the Harvey victims and for all of those selfless people working so hard to help them, and I’ll be praying for them long after this National Day of Prayer is over. And while I’m praying for Good for the people of Texas and Louisiana, I’ll be praying against the “bad” that is trying so hard to creep into a vulnerable situation to prey on the weak and “helpless” people. There’s a battle going on between “good” and bad and I’m doing my part to Fight!

Are you willing to stand up for Truth and to Fight back with prayer and your voice EVEN IF it means you aren’t so popular when you do?