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Monday,
January 23, 2023
"Knit
Together In
Utero"
Message
summary: Today
let us
recognize and
contend for
the sanctity
of life!
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"For You created my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Your works are wonderful, I know that full well" (Psalm 139:13,14).
Yesterday
many churches
here in
America
acknowledged
"Sanctity Of
Human Life
Sunday"
including the
church we
attend. In the
foyer a couple
of cribs were
loaded with
baby bottles.
Those
attending are
encouraged to
pick up one or
more bottles
and fill them
with a check
or their
change over
the next
several weeks
to help
support Align
Life
Ministries, a
tremendous
local
organization
that stands
for the values
of life
providing
pregnancy
tests,
prenatal &
parenting
education,
sexual
integrity
education and
post-abortion
counseling.
This coming
Sunday we both
hope to be in
church and
will volunteer
together in
distributing
these bottles.We
unapologetically
take a strong
stand for the
Sanctity of
Life; for the
protection of
the unborn,
the infirmed,
and the
elderly; for
those the
world regards
as being
unworthy of
life, those
reckoned as
"the least of
these" as we
shared in last
Friday's
message.
Today
let us
consider just
one aspect of
the phrase "fearfully
and
wonderfully
made" in
our daily
text.
Each
of us began
our life at
our conception
as a separate
single cell.
Within eight
weeks our
bodies were
fully formed,
in many cases
before our
mother even
realized that
she was
pregnant.
During the
next nine
months we grew
in our
mother's womb
and nothing
new was added
but water,
oxygen and
nutrition. Our
entire genetic
makeup was
contained in
that single
cell. We had
never existed
before and
there will
never be
another of us.
Thankfully for
me and my
parents, who
loved me, this
process was
not
interrupted
and after nine
months of
being "knit
together" in
utero I was
born. (In
Latin, "in
utero" means
"in the womb"
or "in the
uterus".)
In
developmental
terms as
measured by
cell
replication,
we spend 90
percent of our
lives in
utero. From
fertilization
to natural
death, there
exists an
unbroken
continuum of
human
development
during which
we need only
oxygen, water,
and nutrients
to live and
develop
physically.
By the time we are born this one single cell became two hundred million cells and at birth we weighed six billion times more than the fertilized egg. If we had continued at this rate of growth by our first birthday we would have weighed 72,000,000,000 pounds, which would have been an extremely "heavy" burden for our Moms.
Today's Bible text is so powerful. Note what it says and doesn't say.
Today let us recognize and contend for the sanctity of life!
In
developmental
terms as
measured by
cell
replication,
we spend 90
percent of our
lives in
utero. From
fertilization
to natural
death, there
exists an
unbroken
continuum of
human
development
during which
we need only
oxygen, water,
and nutrients
to live and
develop
physically.By the time we are born this one single cell became two hundred million cells and at birth we weighed six billion times more than the fertilized egg. If we had continued at this rate of growth by our first birthday we would have weighed 72,000,000,000 pounds, which would have been an extremely "heavy" burden for our Moms.
Today's Bible text is so powerful. Note what it says and doesn't say.
- It says "You knit me together in my mother's womb."
- It doesn't say "You knit a blob of tissue together in my mother's womb that would at some undetermined time become me."
"The
science of
embryology
establishes
that from the
earliest
stages of
development,
you were a
distinct,
living and
whole human
being. You
weren’t part
of another
human being
like skin
cells on the
back of my
hand; you were
already a
whole living
member of the
human family
even though
you had yet to
mature.
"There is no essential difference between the embryo you once were and the adult you are today that somehow justifies killing you at that earlier stage of development. Differences of size, level of development, environment and degree of dependency are not good reasons for saying you could be killed then but not now."
"There is no essential difference between the embryo you once were and the adult you are today that somehow justifies killing you at that earlier stage of development. Differences of size, level of development, environment and degree of dependency are not good reasons for saying you could be killed then but not now."
Today let us recognize and contend for the sanctity of life!
Daily
prayer: Father,
thank You for
creating my
inmost parts:
You knit me
together in my
mother's womb
and for that I
praise and
thank you
because I am
fearfully and
wonderfully
made.
Everything in
all of Your
creation is
amazing and
perfectly
formed for
Your glory and
for our good.
While
proponents of
abortion speak
in terms of
inconvenience,
death, and
doing away
with the very
one You
created, we
who are
pro-life speak
in terms of
nurturing,
loving, and
giving thanks
for new life.
Bless and
empower those
who
sacrificially
take a stand
and lovingly
raise their
voice to
affirm life
and reject any
law, political
movement, or
other powerful
lobbies that
seek to
present
abortion as an
acceptable
form of birth
control. In
Jesus' name we
pray. Amen.Today's
Suggested
Music and Supplemental
Resources
"You
Knit Me
Together"
Video
Steve
Green | Psalm
139:13 &
14
"Untold"
Video
Matthew West
Here's
a photo I
found that was
taken in the
late-eighties
at the "March
For Life" in
Washington. I
am the tall
man in the red
jacket holding
the sign! I
note that
there are two
friends from
our church
standing
behind me,
Chris and
Kandy. Jim, a
pastor friend
from the
Christian and
Missionary
Alliance
Church, is
standing in
front of me.
This march was
held again, as
it is every
year,
this last
Friday.
Pennsylvania
will hold a
pro-life rally
October 16th
at the state
capital.
It was very cold when we went to the March For Life in 2013. This is right before we got back on the bus to return to Lancaster County and we were both very cold and tired.
Health
update:
Tomorrow will
mark three
weeks since my
abdominal
surgery. I
feel I am
improving and
gaining
strength
though my
voice is weak
and raspier
than usual. I
expect to stay
home this week
but hope to
attend church
this next
Lord's Day. By
next week
perhaps I can
join Brooksyne
in some of our
chaplain
visitation. My
follow-up
appointment
with the
surgeon is mid
February. Once
again, I am
very grateful
for your
prayers and
interest on my
behalf. We
continue to
get your cards
and emails.
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