Yesterday was Sanctity of Human Life Sunday.  Our Sunday school teacher said something yesterday toward the end of class that came up in my mind again this morning.

“Who knows where we would be {if all the babies lives hadn’t been ended}? We might have a cure for AIDS right now, a cure for cancer.”

I’ve written before about how I feel about abortion here.  What struck me this Monday morning though, is the death of Martin Luther King, Jr. I was reading the tributes to him. Some of the articles about how he was also concerned about poverty and other inequalities (not just racial inequality).  He was a wonderful leader. An activist, a minister, an inspiration. He was so valuable.

My question is this, for all those who are remembering him today, what if his mother had decided to end her pregnancy? What if his light had been extinguished before it had a chance to shine?

I can tell you what.  Our world would be even darker than it is now.

The lesson yesterday centered around “what is the value of the human life?”

What was the value of Martin Luther King Jr.’s life?

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.  John 3:16