Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Are We Helping, Really?

It baffles my mind to think about the reality of what Planned Parenthood does for poor people in other countries; they kill their babies for free, but is it really free. With Obama's lift on the ban for federal funds to be used for free abortions in other countries, we continue to show our arrogant control in poverty stricken communities buy telling poor, desperate women we'll help them, and we'll help by killing their unborn baby. What a price they pay for wanting relief from the pains of poverty? They pay with their child's life.

I wonder, really, are we helping these poor women when we tell them the only answer for ending the cycle of poverty is to kill their unborn children. We assume these mothers don't want another burden of a child, but maybe they just want to have their child and raise him without war, poverty, or disease. Instead of offering food, water, and safety, we offer a free and destructive end, abortion.

Are we helping, really? Many try to say we are doing a favor for the poor families in our world today by killing their offspring, we are lifting a burden off their shoulders. Their children are going to die anyway of starvation or severe health issues and they will have no quality of life, so the humane thing to do is just terminate these poor babies. This is the philosophy of Planned Parenthood advocates in third world countries, no unwanted babies in our world, right?

But I ask you, do mother's truly want to kill their babies, or are they being convinced it is the right thing to do with all of the poverty in the world. Are they being told there is no other way and their baby will starve or die of disease, so it's better to just terminate the pregnancy and end the baby's life now, before she suffers. The deceptive reasoning perpetuated by world powers concerning the plight of nations is overpopulating humans, and because we are without enough resources to go around, we must control the population. That's the story the powers to be try to tell us anyway.

I differ on their perspective. There is ample evidence to prove there is enough clean water and food to go around if governments would learn how to get along, stop the wars, and distribute food and water equitably. Unfortunately, war will never end as long as we continue to wage the most unjust war, with the most devastating causalities, in mankind's entire history, the war against the unborn baby.

It is our responsibility to take care of our poor, not kill them. I believe abortion is a systematic plan to eliminate the poor of our world, by eliminating the poor, poverty is eliminated. So, are we helping the poor, or just helping ourselves by killing the poor and ridding the world of the burden of poverty? As Jesus teaches His followers, feed the hungry, clothe the naked, give drink to the thirsty, and shelter the homeless. When we help like Jesus teaches, we truly are helping. Any other way is simply not good enough.


Freedom to Lose


Unborn babies with beating hearts,

which science proves they have from the start,

are dying everyday in silent battlefields

and they’re defenseless and helpless without swords or shields.


They feel pain like we do

but we can’t see it.

No, we accept it because a few

have convinced us to believe it.

That these precious bodies mauled by plastic and steel

It’s a right talking choicers have forced us to feel.


We know the truth, abortion is death.

A violent murder masked by law.

A freedom that will destroy us all.


K.A. Ball

8/15/2000

Saturday, February 7, 2009

No Matter What, We're Forgiven

It's our human weakness that allows us to quickly and easily hold grudges against people in our lives. It's sad how unwilling we are to forgive and forget. Instead, we want to hold others accountable for wrongs committed but do not hold ourselves accountable for the wrongs we inflict on others.

I discovered some years ago that by allowing my self-righteous attitude to dominate my life, I was unable to know the forgiveness of my Lord. God revealed a truth that I always knew but struggled to live. He told me I must forgive everyone who has hurt me in order to forgive myself and to know the forgiveness, mercy, and grace of Jesus Christ. How can I ever know the freedom of true forgiveness if I don't practice the mercy God has so generously shown me?

I wrote the following lyrics as I struggled with another broken relationship in my life. Blaming of self and others was destroying my spirit, and becoming an obsessive distraction in my mind. I searched for forgiveness from God, and He revealed the necessity of first forgiving those who have hurt me. That forgiveness was hard to do and only through the power of the Spirit was I able to let go and let God fill me with His mercy.

He removed from me all the unforgiving anger I had built up and held defiantly in the depths of my heart. He freed me from the pain of my own bitterness and showed me the way to true love and mercy. In letting go of all the grudges I was so stubbornly holding on to, I found freedom from my own sins and have humbly accepted the consequences of my hurtful choices. That may mean broken relationships which may never heal while I am here on earth. But with Jesus, I can live with hope for the future and freedom from my past. Today is the day the Lord gives me to live, so today, my only choice is to love and forgive.



No Matter What

Lyric by Kristin Ball



Verse

Now matter what happens

With the people I love

No matter if they leave

Or hold a deep grudge

No matter what I feel

No matter what I do

I can come to You.



Chorus
You love me even when

My relationships I can't mend

You hold me close

Love me true

What an awesome love

I've found in You



Verse

No matter what worry

I have for today

No matter what words

I carelessly say

No matter what I think

No matter what I believe

In You I find peace



Bridge

No matter what the future holds

I will love You, heart and soul

No matter what seems okay

Your loving grace

Lights the Way

Jesus, You're the Way!

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Live In This Moment

To live in the moment is to let go of all fear. To live in the moment is to find joy in the simple breath of life without the burdens of this world. To live in the moment is to let go of self and hold onto the Lord, grateful for each precious moment of life.

We want to control life and death in our self motivated culture. We want to take each moment and mold it into the future we envision. And because of our relentless desire to shape each moment into that ultimate moment that's yet to be lived, we miss out on living right now.

A woman's legally and semi-culturally accepted right to choose death for her unborn child is a moment destroyer. Think of the moment you first discovered you were pregnant. Did your heart leap with joy? Did you look at your belly and imagine what the little life within you would look like and be like? Did you run to tell everyone, especially the new daddy? Or was it a moment of despair, darkness, death?

Live in this moment and enjoy the breath of life. Enjoy each moment as they build into the days, weeks, months, and years which mark life on earth. With each changing season, find joy by living moments of hope. And I know, when we live in the moment, accepting all the trials, sorrows, or pains it may bring with trust and hope, we live for God. And living for God is the only way to live.



Live In This Moment

Lyric By Kristin Ball


Verse
Live in this moment
I long to do
Not dwell on past hurts
Or dream of what's new
Just wanting to love
Every breath I take
Being set free
It's the choice I make
To let go of me
And hold onto You
Freedom from my fears
Is found in Your Truth.

Chorus
It's hard to believe
I've lived so many years
Full of memories
Laughter and tears
So I believe
In this moment I live
Each breath I take
Is a gift You give.

Verse
It's amazing how
Good it feels
To breathe for a moment
Free from ideals
Not anxious about
What's to come
Or ashamed about
What I've done
Just living the moment
Totally free
From every dark fear
You take from me.

Bridge
Because of my past
I forgive who I am
Because of my future
I hope for who I'll be
Because of today
I love being me
Because I have come to see
This moment is all I need.