This month is Sanctity of Human Life month.  I have written about my feelings on this subject in the past. 

My family and I picked up a baby bottle from church to fill with change that will go to support our local crisis pregnancy center.  That’s not enough though. 

We are open and honest with our children about why churches put out rows of white crosses.  We call it by it’s name – abortion. And we define what it is – a mother’s choice to kill her own child.  I don’t feel like we would be doing our children any favors by trying to sugar coat this subject. It is murder. It is against God’s law.  When we have these discussions with our children, though, we always explain that we are not to judge the mother, we are to love her, help her.  We brainstorm with them the “why.” Foster at age 7 said “Maybe because she didn’t think she could take care of a baby.” They get it. 

This is an election year and I am sure that the issue of abortion will be one of the political talking points.  But this isn’t a political issue. It is a heart issue. It is a faith issue. 

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.
                                                                                                   James 1:17