LIFE IS PRECIOUS!

On March 6, 2013 at 2:51 pm a perfect little girl was born.  She is so blessed because she was loved and wanted even before she was conceived!  The moment her parents learned they were going to have a baby, there was immediate joy resounding the news.  Soon we learned we would have another little girl join our families.  Her name was chosen to be Piper Jean Blanton; her middle name honoring three of her Great Grandmothers.  Great anticipation began as we all waited eagerly for 9 months to pass, each of us imagining how precious she was going to be.  All our excitement and joy was multiplied when we heard the first petite little cry and saw her perfectly formed healthy little body.  She was surrounded immediately with an overwhelming  outpouring of love being expressed by everyone.  As each one of us held her, our hearts were meshed with hers and we would never be the same again...she was ours! 

She is the first niece to 4 aunts and 1 uncle; the first grand baby to 4 grandparents; the first great grand baby to two grandparents.  She has lots of cousins and other aunts and uncles and grandparents as well. All who think she is very special!  I'd like for you to meet our Precious little Piper:

“Sanctify unto Me all the firstborn, whatsoever opens the womb...both of man and of beast;

it is Mine; saith the LORD.” 

Exodus 13:2

"Lo, children are a heritage of the Lord. and the fruit of the womb is his reward." 

Psalm 127:3

"Children's children are a crown to the aged..."  

Proverbs 17:6

Lord...You created the deepest parts of my being.

    You put me together inside my mother’s body.

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How you made me is amazing and wonderful.

    I praise you for that.

What you have done is wonderful.

    I know that very well.

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None of my bones was hidden from you

    when you made me inside my mother’s body.

    That place was as dark as the deepest parts of the earth.

When you were putting me together there,

your eyes saw my body even before it was formed.

You planned how many days I would live.

    You wrote down the number of them in your book

    before I had lived through even one of them.  

Psalm 139:13-16

As I saw the love and joy surrounding this new little life and reflected on God's Word about His heart and purpose,  I was also saddened as I realized that all babies are not loved and wanted such as this one.  I became overwhelmed with tears as I thought of the millions who were not wanted and were aborted.  It seems almost unbelievable that it is possible to be living in a world and time where life is so insignificant.  Just look at the statistics and weep with me: 

Statistics from AMERICAN LIFE LEAGUE

Abortions in the United StatesTotal number of abortions in the U.S. 1973-2011: 54.5 million+

234 abortions per 1,000 live births (according to the Centers for Disease Control)
Abortions per year: 1.2 million
Abortions per day: 3,288
Abortions per hour: 137
9 abortions every 4 minutes
1 abortion every 26 seconds
These statistics include only surgical and medical abortions. Because many contraceptive measures are abortifacients (drugs that induce or cause abortions), it is important not to overlook the number of children killed by chemical abortions. Since 1965, an average of 11 million women have used abortifacient methods of birth control in the United States at any given time. Using formulas based on the way the birth control pill works, pharmacy experts project that about 14 million chemical abortions occur in the United States each year, providing a projected total of well in excess of 610 million chemical abortions between 1965 and 2009.

Lord God, may you forgive us for allowing such a devastation to take place and for not standing up for these precious lives that didn't have someone loving and wanting them.  How can it be stopped?  What must we do?