Life is a Blessing

In Your Image

In Your Image I was molded and formed

I change and grow by the world conformed.

Completely unique, just a speck in time

You breathed in me life, wholly sublime.

Perfectly created, and undeniably helpless

Lovingly presented, but essentially worthless.

Unless there’s a real want for a baby to be

She could have been a choice, instead of me.

Even before our free nation said abortion is okay

A mother with child unwanted could still find a way.

To end her mistaken pregnancy if all seemed rough

by a doctor in his office, performed secretly enough.

Now, it’s as if our nation is living without moral direction

we’re serving only ourselves in a mirage of addiction.

Failing to look beyond our selfish desire to find true need

to see there’s future alone in the promise of our seed.

His promise to Abraham, children to number the stars.

Forgotten is our commitment, in control of what is ours.

“It’s a my body and my right to choose,” oh! how I fear.

For this is the colossal lie that, so often, I sadly hear.

These bodies are not ours but belonging to the Son of Man.

Beautifully intricate and gently shaped, to fit in His perfect plan.

Free Will for all His children is a gift we use or abuse.

So if the truth is what you seek, it must be the Will of God you choose.

With Love,

Kristin A. Ball

Babies

There's nothing like a baby. A new mother and father love to coo and cuddle their plumb little bundle of joy and watch their little baby grow through toddler years, tweens, teens, and into adulthood, when hopefully, their precious child will marry and have more babies, the gracious blessing we call grandchildren. Unfortunately, in our country today, knowing the joy of a newborn baby is often a reality only if a woman wants her baby.

Statistics show that 40%, or 4 out of 10 women will choose abortion when faced with an unwanted pregnancy. This is a sad statistic, because a baby is always wanted. When God creates a little human being, His creation has purpose and place on this earth. Every human being has the opportunity to make a difference in this world, and if we kill our babies, how will we ever benefit from their presence. Instead, we suffer from the loss, especially the mother who chooses death for her child, and we're not allowed to grieve.

I am a woman who does not want the government to tell me it's okay to kill my baby. The truth is undeniable, my babies grew within my womb, and continue to grow into men because that is what life is all about, living and growing, changing and knowing love, and faith, and hope. I'm going to end my article today with a poem I wrote that was inspired by the love I have for my twin sons, and the joy their life has brought to my life. It is true, choosing life is a blessing. It is also true, choosing death is a curse.

Babies

I feel my babies inside of me
Beneath my heart and completely free
Wanting so much to simply be

I am a part of this world.

But who am I to make this choice
To be the loudest and only voice
In my freedom to choose, I rejoice

I am a part of this world.

Sadly, others tell me that it’s okay
To kill my child and walk away
And live to breathe another day

I am a part of this world.

But I also hear what the truth should be
As faithful friends try to make me see
That when I feel my babies inside of me
I can’t stop their hearts because I’m free…

My babies are a part of this world!

Love in Christ,

Kristin A. Ball

Unborn Babies Deserve Life

I am so pro-life it flows through my veins to the depths of my heart. I talk about it every chance I can with my husband, my children, my friends, my relatives, my students, my colleagues, and my God. Today begins the days when I will share the passion I have for defending our unborn babies. Today begins the days of articles and poems defending the right to life for our posterity. Today begins the days when I am going to stand up for those who can not stand up for themselves and draw my sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God. Today, I will fight for the rights of our unborn children by telling you the truth about abortion and the pro-choice illusion.

The Truth
By Kristin Ball

Every month I have the blessing to suffer PMS to the extent that I have days of great sorrow. I have learned in the past 5 years that I can offer up my tears for our unborn babies. Every month I have the opportunity to weep for our children, a deep, soulful sobbing as images of aborted babies goes through my mind. I will never recommend looking at or showing these awful images to change peoples minds about the abortion issue. Instead, I will speak words of truth and share what I have seen.

And what I have seen is death. Abortion kills a human being in horrifying ways. This is the truth. The Supreme Court made abortion on demand legal, for any reason, up until the day of birth, and in spite of the ban on partial birth abortion, beyond birth. This is the truth. Statistics show 40% of all unintended pregnancies end in abortion. This is a very sad truth.

This morning as I listened to the local Christian Radio station, listeners we're calling in and giving their thoughts about today being the anniversary, the 36th year with more than 45,000,000 aborted Americans, of Roe vs. Wade. One woman called in and confessed for the first time an abortion she had when she was 18. She said she suffers everyday because of the choice she made and if she had known the truth, she never would have chosen abortion.

Immediately I was filled with great sorrow for her. She was deceived by the pro-choice propaganda and now she suffers for her choice; the choice she was told was her choice to make. The truth is all human beings have a choice because of the free will God has given us. Every human being has the free will to choose what they are going to do or not do. We have a choice to make everyday for life or death, and God is the one who sets the choice before us. If we choose life, we are blessed, if we choose death, we are cursed. God tells us to choose life then because it is a blessing to ourselves and our posterity. But our politicians and our media promotes a culture of death and deceives our young women with the pro-choice illusion.

The truth is easily accessible. Countless websites list abortion statistics, images, and information about abortion and its effects on our culture. Look at the evidence of high tech ultra sounds showing detailed images of the unborn baby, so sharp you can see the fuzzy hair on the babies delicate skin. Look at the incredible surgeries being done on unborn babies to correct prenatal problems. Look at the statistics concerning woman's health and the adverse and consequential effects an abortion has on a woman. There's so much evidence that points to the truth of what abortion is and what it truly does. Unfortunately, half of Americans believe so ardently in the right for a woman to choose they are blinded to the truth.

The pro-choice illusion is the number one reason people are pro-abortion. Every time I talk about my pro-life message with others, especially with my pro-choice friends, I have faced an attitude that the woman's choice is supreme and she has the legal right to choose death for her unborn child, no matter what the situation. The pro-choice platform, or more clearly known as pro-abortion, is a deceptive title which lulls many Americans into accepting the right to abort our babies, without question. I question the truth presented in the pro-choice message, which is why I call it an illusion.

I am pro-life, anti-abortion, and pro-choice. Let me explain. I believe we all have the freedom to choose, but I also believe we make laws to help limit our selfish choices for the sake of society. God's Law is Supreme and much of man's laws are in line with God's Law, or as some may say, Natural Law. I know God has given us the freedom to choose, but there are limits as to what we can choose, or more accurately, what we should choose.

In the book of Deuteronomy chapter 30 verse 19, God says, "I call heaven and earth today to witness against you: I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Choose life, then, that you and your descendant may live," I believe in the free choice God has given us, and I believe in the truth that we must choose life so we may live, and because of what I believe, I am pro-life.

Blessings We Give

The Christmas Season continues as we begin a new year. In just a couple of days, we'll celebrate the Epiphany, when the wise men came to bring gifts to Jesus and pay him homage as a new born king. May we continue to live this season, month and year in peace, love, and with an endless hope found in Jesus Christ, the King of kings.

Christmas Blessing

Dear Family and Friends,

Christmas lights twinkle faithfully, like so many Christmases before.
A pleasant reminder of joyful times, 'cause that is what Christmas is for.
We pray everyone will be blessed this season, all the seasons to come.
May the True Christmas Light show the way, to a place of merciful Love.
He came to Earth so long ago, bringing Grace from the Father above.
May He continue to bless us all, when we're together or when we're apart.
Thankful for the memories we share, precious blessings never depart.
Merry Christmas with Love, and may blessings fill your day.
May the Light who shines bright forever light your way!



All our Love, The Ball Family

One With You

Is there any such thing as true love? Did I truly marry my soul mate, the one person God created just for me? I believe true love is true when I daily make the choice to love my husband no matter what happens (and he makes the choice to love me no matter what happens). No matter what people think or say about our marriage. No matter if my husband is sometimes annoying, or insensitive, or thoughtless, which I can be, also. No matter if routine settles in so intensely that everyone in the household feels like their going to lose their minds unless something changes. No matter what, I choose to love my husband. But like all marriages, there are down times in our journey of life together. There are times when we would like to give up, but we know the truth, we are connected in such an intimate union that giving up would be like destroying a part of ourselves. In a time when more than fifty percent of all marriages end in divorce, My husband and I have made a very conscious decision to never consider divorce as a solution to our problems. All things are forgivable because we are like one flesh, one body. When we forgive one another, we forgive ourselves. I wrote this poem during a desert time in my marriage. Sometimes, I think that giving up would be the better choice. The truth gives me hope: true love does exist when the two decide to love honestly. Today, I choose to Love!

One With You

It would be like losing a part of me;

to not walk, to not hear,

to not touch you with my fingertips.

Like falling down a steep cliff;

searching, reaching, grasping

for a hand to save me,

your hand to save me.

It would be like walking into a crowded room

and seeing you there,

but I could not talk with you,

or laugh with you,

or have your strong arms hold me.

It would mean being less than I am today

if ever I were to leave,

for I would lose a part of me.

K. A. Ball

May 2, 2000