Let YOUR Love Cover A Multitude

I can't believe how the time has flown! I've not written since December 30, 2013 !

In the interim, I have edited the story of that friend I told you about, celebrated a few birthdays been to a Mardi Gras ball and have become employed at a job where I will receive an actual pay check for the first time in over thirty years!

So I have been quite b-u-s-y.

However, something caught my eye recently and I wanted to share my thoughts with you all and possibly get some feed-back...

I ran across this article while scrolling through social media sites and was heartbroken for the family, and for the woman, and for the child. But what caused me to want to write a blog post about it was a comment made by someone who read the article. They called the woman who lost her life a “cold-blooded murdering momma”

No one can know the agonizing decisions that push a woman into the final one that leads to her killing her unborn child. Not one person has walked a mile in her shoes, and not one of you can say you understand all of the reasons she made the decision she did.

My heart aches for that woman’s family because not only have they lost a daughter, a sister, a friend, and a wife, but they have lost a grandchild, a niece and a cousin. On top of all of that, they have to read ignorant comments like the one posted above.

I am not denying that a murder was committed, but to say this woman marched into that clinic and in cold blood carried out her task is a bit of a stretch for someone who does not know her personally.

The definition of coldblooded is: “without emotion or pity, cruel or callous”.

Not one of us can say with any degree of certainty that THIS woman felt THOSE things on THAT day. 

Some would argue that she would have to be cold blooded to even consider such an act of cruelty. To those people, I say remove the log from your own eye. You do not know what you would do in a similar situation. You can say with your words what you THINK you WILL do but when the thing is upon you -- this is when your faith is tested.

Surely the family is thinking to themselves that if only she had talked to them, together, they would have been able to come up with a solution that would have ended with life for all. 

I recently over heard a woman talking about the birth of her first grandchild. She was unaware that her daughter was pregnant until the child was three months old. She spoke about how her daughter blocked her and removed her from all social media sites as a friend because she was afraid to let her know she was pregnant. 

The reason? Her mother had told her if she ever became pregnant she would “break her arms and legs”. Thankfully, this daughter was not frightened enough by those threats to end the life of her unborn child, but fear is a powerful motivator. Financial instability is another. If your doctor comes to you and tells you that your child will die shortly after birth or that it will suffer horribly and then die, those also could be factors that might drive a woman to do the unthinkable.

If only we, as a people, could stop all of this silly finger pointing and assuming that somehow WE have it "all" together and are better than the next person.

The reality is we aren't and we don't.

That is what Jesus’ message was, and that is what His death provided. We don't have to have it all together, and we don't have to be perfect because HE was. I ran across this great quote on Twitter, and I'm gonna share it here:

“Jesus was called a friend of sinners which means He was ok with looking like He validates bad behavior rather than reject us” - Chris Cruz

Sometimes, I just want to grab folks shake 'em and say “cut it out”. It's not that hard, love someone today...let your love cover their sin, ‘cause Lord knows Jesus' love covered yours.

XOXO