It is universally recognized in all cultures and throughout
history that one of the most heinous crimes in humanity is the killing of
children.
A
couple of weeks ago our nation grieved the killing of twenty children and some
of their teachers and adults at the hands of one man. This isn’t new to humanity, but is grievous just the same.
We
remember today the babies who were killed at the hands of the jealous Herod who
ordered two year olds and under to be killed, afraid the “King of kings” would
usurp his throne. We can also look
back in time to the slaughtering of the Hebrew children at the hands of
Pharaoh.
In
our own country the events at Shady Hook elementary, the Holy Innocents and the
slaughtering of Hebrew babies pales in comparison to a crime that happens in
our country every day. Over 3,500
babies are lost each day to the heinous crime of abortion. This doesn’t occur at the hands of
someone with mental difficulties, and isn’t a one time action by a jealous
political ruler. This is legal.
It
is somewhat ironic that we celebrate the lives of the innocent who were lost at
the time of Jesus as we also celebrate the coming of Christ as a baby. This gives us great hope that Jesus
comes to us even in the midst of great depravity.
We
pray that, God willing, the grace of Christ may eliminate the crime of abortion
in our own country.
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