Happy Election Day!
Being 2 years short of being able to vote, I'm obviously not going to be able to cast my vote this year. (Watch out for next election though!)
This post is not to bash either one of the main candidates running for president. And unless you live under a rock, you'll know their names are Mr. Barack Obama and Mr. Mitt Romney.
While there are many issues at hand that I could write about, I feel my heart being burdened with one particular matter.
Abortion.
Pardon my brashness.
Teenagers, young adults, people in general are going to have premarital, unprotected sex. There is no way around it. If you haven't noticed, it's very rare to come across a person who hasn't had premarital sex, or isn't sexually active whatsoever, outside the bonds of marriage.
What bothers me more than the fact that people are abusing a gift that God gave to us for marriage, is the shear fact that girls my age believe that contraceptives such as "The Morning After Pill" and abortions are completely acceptable.
Did you know that in some states (New York, California, Illinois, Washington DC, & NJ) a girl can schedule an appointment for an abortion without any parental consent? You can also completely bypass parental consent in any state given by going to court and asking a judge to excuse you from requirements. Don't believe me?; http://www.plannedparenthood.org/health-topics/parental-consent-notification-laws-25268.htm.
Wake up, America.
If you think you are old enough to be having sex, take into consideration that you could create life. This isn't a difficult concept. I feel as though my generation has completely demolished any value of human life that we had before.
A child is created at conception. A human. A baby. A heartbeat. Do not sit there and tell me that it's just a "Embryo, or a Zygote" or just a "Fetus". It's not scientific term, it's a heartbeat. A living being who has a life and a purpose.
Before we were born, God created our lives out. Whether or not you love your child, He does. There's a family out there that will take care and nurture your child if you feel as though you can't. My generation has been brainwashed into a selfish mindset. That if they give birth to this child, THEIR lives will end. Their dreams & hopes are crushed. Did you ever take into consideration the life of your child?
In Jeremiah 1:5 God says this:
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”
Before he formed us in the womb! He knew us! He appoints us, and gives us life.
Psalms 127:3-5 Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one’s youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.
What did Psalms just tell us? Children are a heritage from God himself. They're a reward.
I'd like you all to consider who you're voting for. What they stand for, and if you truly believe that that person will change this economy. That may mean voting for principal, and not for the lesser of two evils.
Our country is murdering innocent children. My heart aches for the lost souls who believe this is acceptable, and for the children who had no say. God wants us to be the voice for the ones who have none. I would be a coward if I didn't stand for what's true.
Pray for our country and it's leaders. We're a fallen world and desperately need to turn to our Creator in times like these.
-Hayley
