This old song comes to mind today. It was a great sentiment then and still is. Thank you Burt Bacharach. Yesterday I went to the grocery store and passed a woman wearing a shirt with this saying on it... much larger and bolder than the example I found here...
Although I agree with the basic idea, should we as children of the living God choose to advertise it in this way? There is no love in this message for those who have gone through it. I liken it to a time when I killed a spider in a web that was blocking my entrance into a home I was showing. The woman with my friend I was showing the house to was a Buddist. I may have just murdered one of her past relatives in her mind. I was made aware of how that made her feel at that time.
So where is the love of Jesus in this shirt? If you are displaying this and a woman like the one in a recent post by Joni Staples walked past you, how do you think this would help? How would this make them feel? We are not warring against people who have abortions. It is legal in our country. We are warring against spirits that have allowed this to happen on our watch. This shirt will not ever change the laws. Many women who have had abortions regret their decisions and are trying to get past it. This wouldn't help them to see the light that can help them, this would drive them away even further.
We in the Kingdom have a mandate to become the model which is Jesus Christ. Jesus would gather an abortionist in and love them as He would someone who chose to go through one.
Then there are those women who really feel in their hearts that it is not murder or wrong. What hope does wearing this shirt give them of ever wanting to seek out Jesus? My guess is absolutely none. It would only drive a bigger wedge between them.
But then, I'm crazy enough to think that there is grace for the cold blooded mass murders in this world... if they truly seek Him and accept Him before their last breath. Casting Crowns says it very well in:
"What This World Needs"
What this world needs is not another one hit wonder with an axe to grind
Another two bit politician peddling lies
Another three ring circus society
What this world needs is not another sign waving super saint that's better than you
Another ear pleasing candy man afraid of the truth
Another prophet in an Armani suit
What this world needs is a Savior who will rescue
A Spirit who will lead
A Father who will love them in their time of need
A Savior who will rescue
A Spirit who will lead
A Father who will love
That's what this world needs
What this world needs is for us to care more about the inside than the outside
Have we become so blind that we can't see
God's gotta change her heart before He changes her shirt
What this world needs is for us to stop hiding behind our relevance
Blending in so well that people can't see the difference
And it's the difference that sets the world free
Jesus is our Savior, that's what this world needs
Father's arms around you, that's what this world needs
That's what this world needs
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