Proverbs 24:1-12
If you faint in the day of adversity,
Proverbs 24:10-12
your strength is small.
Rescue those who are being taken away to death;
hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter.
If you say, “Behold, we did not know this,”
does not he who weighs the heart perceive it?
Does not he who keeps watch over your soul know it,
and will he not repay man according to his work?
Since Roe v. Wade was first decided in 1972, over 63 million babies have been taken away to death. I am confident that very few of those mothers made their decision lightly, at least not those who were anywhere close to fully informed. And I very much sympathize with the painful circumstances that may have led those mothers to face that horrific “choice”. But very few of those circumstances could possibly truly warrant the death of the child. I am also quite confident that the vast majority of those mothers regret their actions deep down, even if they won’t admit it to anyone, including themselves.
With the recent Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the abortion landscape has changed radically in this country. Whereas Roe previously took authority away from the states, Dobbs has thrown it back to the states. So now the real battle begins…
I’m not here to tell anyone how to vote. That’s between you and God. But I think it all deserves full consideration. Where will you stand? Will you hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter? Or will you say, “Behold, we did not know this”?
John, I too was drawn to these verses. The Spirit also brought to mind the many killed or suffering for their faith, those who are starving, especially due to grain shipments interrupted by war, and many other situations where we might turn a blind eye.
Hear, hear! Indeed these verses certainly apply to other arenas as well, and I likewise hope that we don’t turn a blind eye but instead stand up for righteousness and justice — and all the more when the “societal winds” blow against revealed Truth.