{"id":854,"date":"2011-01-17T02:11:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-17T02:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/2011\/01\/the-sanctity-of-life\/"},"modified":"2011-01-17T02:11:00","modified_gmt":"2011-01-17T02:11:00","slug":"sanctity-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adeyesalem.com\/sanctity-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"the sanctity of life"},"content":{"rendered":"
Sanctity<\/u><\/strong> This week we get to observe “Sanctity of Human Life”<\/strong> week. <\/p>\n You know, honestly, some days I can just cry. Sanctity of Human Life? Really? <\/p>\n Just when I think that my heart cannot take any more, something else happens or I read something that leaves me absolutely speechless. Gosh, and if this is how I<\/em> feel–I simply cannot imagine how God feels when He looks down upon man–the ones He created in his beautiful image. <\/p>\n How He must weep.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Like many of you, I believe that ALL human life is sacred. I believe that every single human being is created perfectly, and that even “disability” (hate that word, by the way) is for God’s glory. Yes, I believe that even people who struggle in life are fearfully and wonderfully made…just<\/em> the way they are. I believe that God uses even them to display His splendor and glory. God never makes mistakes. Each human being He creates is a masterpiece. <\/p>\n With all my heart I believe that to be the truth.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I look at our beautiful little girls with the wonderful extra chromosome and my heart aches for them. To many in the world, they have no worth, no value.<\/p>\n We’re pro-life in every sense of the word–both in the womb AND outside of the womb. <\/p>\n “Sanctity of Human Life” doesn’t end when the child is born alive (should those with Down syndrome be fortunate enough to be one of the less than 10%<\/strong><\/em> who are not aborted). It should continue on–forever. Life is precious. ALL life is precious and should be treated as such.<\/p>\n Yet sadly, that is so not the case. The longer we have our girls, the more I am realizing that they will have to live a life where prejudice, judgment, and Lord forbid, sometimes even downright EVIL, lurks around every corner. Some people just get a kick out of demeaning, degrading, and making a mockery of treasures such as ours.<\/p>\n How can it be in this day and age?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n How can people be so cruel? So heartless? How can innocent children like ours be the brunt of lame, pathetic, and crude jokes? I just don’t get that. At all.<\/p>\n I just want to cry for my sweet children. I want to plead<\/em> with humanity to PLEASE give them a chance. PLEASE look beyond the labels, the different physical features, the possible intellectual challenges and…<\/p>\n TREAT THEM LIKE HUMAN BEINGS, PLEASE! <\/p>\n Treat them with respect–just like anyone deserves to be treated.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Before Hailee and Harper joined our family I truly believed that we had come such a long way in these things. I honestly thought that people saw “disability” differently to the way it was seen years ago.<\/p>\n But I was wrong. Ignorant, perhaps.<\/p>\n There are still those who choose to mistreat any person who has a <\/p>\n When will people learn? When will they know that inside AND outside the womb, life is sacred? All human life is sacred.<\/p>\n I guess I already know the answer to that question–Not until Jesus returns. It’s just the world we live in, I guess. How terrible that things are actually getting worse by the day.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I wish they all knew. Oh, how I wish they knew!<\/p>\n I wish they knew the blessing.<\/p>\n The joy.<\/p>\n The love.<\/p>\n The laughter.<\/p>\n The innocence.<\/p>\n The purity.<\/p>\n I wish they knew all <\/em>that these children bring to a family.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n If only they knew how hard they try. I mean, like how they pour their heart and soul into learning new things. <\/p>\n If only they knew that their lives have meaning, and purpose…and that God has such a unique plan for each and every one of them. <\/p>\n If only they knew that children with disabilities are the most loving, sweet, cuddly kids ever.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n If only they knew what so many of us know…<\/p>\n That human life is precious and fragile.<\/p>\n Inside the womb and outside. This side of heaven…and on the other side.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sanctity\u2013noun, plural -ties. 1. holiness, saintliness, or godliness. This week we get to observe “Sanctity of Human Life” week. You know, honestly, some days I can just cry. Sanctity of Human Life? Really? Just when I think that my heart cannot take any more, something else happens or I read something that leaves me absolutely speechless. Gosh, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,32],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\u2013noun, plural -ties.
1. holiness, saintliness, or godliness.<\/span><\/em> <\/p>\ndis<\/strike>ability.<\/p>\n