Little Lives 4

Hello Everyone,

 Life is Sacred…no matter what its CONDITION might be.

Life is a challenge in a sin-stained world.

It would be wonderful if God's original plan had remained, but unfortunately sin came into our world and with it came pain, imperfection, injustice, etc.

God warned us of these challenges and enables those who trust in Him to be victorious through Him.

1 Peter 5:7

    Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

James 1:2

    My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;

John 16:33

    These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

We must not overlook those who have challenges in this life.

Jesus showed special concern for the lame, the blind, the woman with the issue of blood, the lepers. In our day we mustn't forget.

Some studies report that as many as 90% of couples faced with an amniocentesis report of probable Down's Syndrome will choose to abort. That's a big number, and they are all little lives!  And yet, do you know anyone with a Down's child that doesn't tell you that child is the light of their life, an absolute joy, the most loving person they've ever known?

Max Lucado tells in his book, The Applause of Heaven, about a sweater that hangs in his closet. He says he seldom wears it -- it's too small, the sleeves are too short, the shoulders too tight, some of the buttons are missing, the thread is frazzled. Logically, he says, he should throw out that sweater since he has no use for it and will never wear it again. It simply takes up space in his closet.

        That's what logic says. But love, he reports, won't let him.

Why not? What's unusual about that sweater? To start with, it has no label, no tag telling you "Wash in cold water." That's because it wasn't made in a factory, produced on an assembly line as the product of a nameless employee earning a living. Rather, it was the creation of a devoted mother expressing her love -- his mother. That sweater is unique, one of a kind, irreplaceable. Each strand was chosen with care, each thread selected with affection.

And so, even though that sweater has lost all of its use, it has lost none of its value. It is valuable not because of its function, but because of its MAKER. So is each life.

Our Lord placed great value on those whom society has shuffled aside.

       

While on his knees, the leper begged Jesus to make him clean. The Bible says in Mark 1:41

    And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean.

Greater Things Are Still To Come!