by Lauren Muzyka, Executive Director, Sidewalk Advocates for Life
Verse(s): “Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach. It is not up in heaven, so that you have to ask, ‘Who will ascend into heaven to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?’ Nor is it beyond the sea, so that you have to ask, ‘Who will cross the sea to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?’ No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it.”
– Deuteronomy 30:11-14
Reflection: We humans make life so complicated, sometimes.
We start out as young children who instinctively know that it’s wrong to hurt another human being, much less take their life away.
And yet, somewhere along the way, we buy into the lies society feeds us ...It’s not really a baby …well, yes it is, but it’s YOUR body …well, yes, the baby might be alive, but your circumstances are so dire, it’s fine …it’s just a blob of tissue anyways …don’t worry, just do it, you’re already forgiven …it’s really not that big a deal.
Many times, the right thing is the simple thing. And we know somewhere deep in our hearts that taking another human life — even at its earliest stages — is wrong.
This is why I believe in the natural law — the law that is said to be written on our hearts by God Almighty, simply because we are human. When I head out to the abortion facility, I often don’t give some great, eloquent speech that turns women to truth of the life within them. No, many times, I reach for the very simple truths that are already written on their hearts. I say these very simple truths — kindly and peacefully — and their hearts begin to open in miraculous ways.
Why is that? Because it’s there …and somehow, she knows it. I didn’t create it. I just lovingly point to it.
Faith Challenge: Take a moment to familiarize yourself with “the Natural Law” — an understanding in philosophy that there are some things that you just “can’t not know” due to God putting it on your heart. Then, remember that even if you don’t have Scripture to start with when reaching out to a woman-in-crisis, you can appeal through love and the human experience — and gradually, lead her to faith in God.