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Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

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237 years ago this July, the Second Continental Congress adopted the document we know as the Declaration of Independence. Attributed primarily to the third President of these United States of America, Thomas Jefferson, this document was designed to show that the original thirteen colonies no longer recognized themselves to be part of Great Britain. They in fact were declaring themselves to be a new nation. 

Within this brilliant document are these familiar words:

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.

We often key in on words like, "Rights," "Liberty," and "Happiness," when we think of the above comments. Why wouldn't we? We are a "me" driven society. "I want what I want because I know my 'rights' and after all, the last time I checked, this is a free country."

Praise be to God that we are blessed to live in this free Republic and have the privilege to pursue happiness.

There are other words in the line above that are also important. Words like "we," "all men," and "their." The "Unalienable rights" of "Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness" are for all of us, because all of us are the created beings of the "Creator." So, if you are a man or woman, rich or poor, black or white, alive within the womb or without, then you have the right to that "LIFE, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness."

Sadly, there are some within our Constitutional Republic that have chosen to limit those rights. Case in point, consider these words written by my friend, Tyler Young:

Forty years ago on this day, January 22, the United States Supreme Court, in the landmark case of Roe v. Wade (and companion case of Doe v. Bolton), without any legitimate basis in law, declared that the word "person" in the Fourteenth Amendment (which states "No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law") does not apply to the unborn. This decision made abortion-on-demand fully legal at "any time during pregnancy, for any reason--right up to the time of birth." Since that dark day, over 55,000,000 babies have been brutally butchered in their own mothers' wombs. Since that infamous decision, her own mother's womb is the most dangerous place in America for a child to be.

There's another document, quite a bit older than the Constitution of the United States, and the Declaration of Independence. It's one that applies to every society--free or not. Within the pages of this document are these words:

For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them (Psa. 139:13-17)! 

The creator of this document is the same one who brought the universe into existence. He's the same who gave us life, and who sustains us everyday. He's the One who is all powerful, all knowing, and all benevolent. He is the Almighty God. 

Almighty God said that He knew me in my mother's womb. He said that in the womb I was made. He said that while I was an embryo, He saw me. But not only that, His thoughts were "precious...unto me."

Would to God, that is before His throne, our thoughts toward the unborn would be equally precious.

Before His throne, may our President, Vice-President, many in Congress, our fellow-Americans, and even our fellow-Christians all respect the life in the womb. May we vote for politicians who respect life. May they vote for legislation that is in favor of life for the born and unborn alike.

In that same document that tells us God's thoughts toward the unborn are strong words of warning to those who do not share His view.

These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief (Pro. 6:16-18).

But if I'm not the doctor who murders the innocent by abortion, then I'm not guilty. Not true. I can provide aid with my money, my voice, my legislation, and even my vote and consequently have the same blood stains on my hand as the doctor who takes the life. Examine these words:

Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them (Rm. 1:32).


By ". . . pleasure in them that do them," could He not possibly be implying that if we enable the murderer, then we are likewise guilty of his sin? Think about it.

". . . Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness." I love those words! I'm glad they apply to me. I just want us to use a little common sense and see to it that they apply to all of us.


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