Who will Speak Up

 

Good day! I’m Duane Matz and this is Today’s Living Word.

 

Can an unborn child pray? I’ll leave that one to the theologians, maybe they can’t give voice to their prayers, but we can be a voice for them.

 

I WAS READING Psalm 9 the other day and thought that verses 13-15 would be a fitting prayer for the unborn.

 

Ps 9:13 Have mercy on me, O LORD! Consider my trouble from those who hate me, You who lift me up from the gates of death,

 14 That I may tell of all Your praise In the gates of the daughter of Zion. I will rejoice in Your salvation.

 15 The nations have sunk down in the pit which they made; In the net which they hid, their own foot is caught.

 

While panicking about over population, nations like China are now scrambling for ways to bring their numbers up to  the sustainable level of 2.1 children per family.

 

What a tangled web we weave. We decry the rise of violence in our streets, but it is inevitable. Violence begets more violence. If it’s legal for me to take you out in the womb, why can’t I take you out later down the line.

 

Phil Keaggy released a song in 1991 called “Little Ones” with a challenging chorus for all!

 

Who will speak up for the little ones?
Helpless and half-abandoned
They've got the right to choose life
They don't want to lose
I've got to speak up, won't you?

 

I’m Duane Matz and that’s Today’s Living Word