The Value of Life

My wife has a very tender heart. She would stop her car to remove a turtle from the road or even go out of her way to avoid stepping on an insect. She loves her plants so much that she spends countless hours gently and kindly caring for and speaking to them. We have two dogs, and she treats them more like our children than our pets because she understands the value and sanctity of life and her role as a caregiver for all life God has entrusted her with. Her love for life is evident in how she cares for her patients as a pediatric nurse, even constantly driving herself to find better ways to love and care for them and their families.

I have never cared for or respected life as diligently as she does, and as a Navy SEAL, I was trained to understand life as more of a privilege than a right. I was taught to see life this way so that I could take a life from someone who gave up their privilege by taking the life of another. This discussion is not about the justification of taking a life, but rather, on the sanctity and value of all life on this planet.

When I submitted my life to Jesus, He began to change this about me to help me understand the sanctity and value of life in a much deeper way. He has placed His heart within me and given me a passion to love Him and all His creation in the same way He does. He gave me an opportunity today to experience His heart in a way that sheds light on a subject I have prayed about many times over the last few years.

I was mowing the grass in our backyard when I came across what appeared to be a rock. We have recently put down a lot of small landscaping rocks in our backyard, and our dogs like to pick them up and move them around like they are playing with a ball or toy. I must constantly pick them up and place them back in their proper location to prevent them from damaging the lawnmower blade as I run over them.

Because my eyes are not as sharp as they once were, I cannot see things as clearly as I used to up close, so when I picked up this stone to throw it back into the pile of rocks, I was surprised to feel it crumbling in my fingers. Instantly, I realized it was not a rock but a small bird's egg. We have many birds in our backyard because my wife loves to feed them and give them a safe place to grow. This would not have bothered me in the past, but this time was much different.

I immediately felt a grief come upon me for the life that was just lost. It was such a deep grief in my soul that I found myself telling the unborn little bird how sorry I was for my mistake. I was even telling the mother bird and her family that I was so sad about not taking better care of how I dealt with her baby.

I am always trying to listen for the Lord's voice in everything I do, so I asked Him why I did not hear Him tell me about the life I was holding in my hand. Why did He not warn me? If He had warned me, why did I not hear Him? I asked Him not to let this moment’s loss of life pass me by without teaching me something about His heart.   

I heard His voice clearly from within my spirit: “There are many who take the life of my unborn children in the same way every day. Because their eyes are veiled, they do not see what they are holding in their hands. I am coming to remove the veil from their eyes as I did for you just now. When I do, they will feel the grief for the loss of life as you did, and it will bring about a change to their heart should they choose to accept it.”

Over the last few years, my Father has been having me spend time with Him as He has been revealing to me some truths about the murdering of unborn children. I have asked Him how it is possible, according to recent polls, that of the many abortions performed in this nation, about 60% of them were on women who proclaim to be Christian at the time of the act. I have asked how it is possible for doctors who have sworn an oath never to harm another human being might find a way to murder children by the millions. If there is anyone who should know that life exists in an unborn child, it would be a Doctor of Medicine.

I know some doctors are given over to so much evil that their hearts have become hard, no longer questioning the truth about the life of the unborn. They are simply murdering because of the evil in their heart. Still, I have read and heard of doctors who have come to the sudden realization of the unborn life within the mother and the act of murder that they are performing. This grief that I experienced comes upon them, and they turn from their evil ways and choose to pursue the love and forgiveness of Jesus rather than the hate and evil of the enemies of God. This is what God is bringing, not only for the doctors and their staff, but also for the mothers who unknowingly or knowingly participate in taking an innocent life.   

Millions upon millions of women will soon have to face the loss of life from within their womb. Many have experienced it already, but they have been misled to believe it is some biological or emotional event that occurs after having a part of their body removed. They are told this happens with anyone who has a tumor or body part removed from them as well, not because life was lost, but because a piece of their body is missing.

This deception will be lifted from their eyes, and they will be allowed to not only feel grief because of the loss of life, but also to grieve the loss of their child. They will experience the love and forgiveness of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, as they are washed clean in the blood of the Lamb. The curse of shame and guilt because of the innocent blood that was shed will leave them because of the innocent blood Jesus shed for all of mankind. This event will occur for all those who have been involved with the genocide of our Father’s children, and it will bring healing to the earth because the innocent blood of these children rests on the land, but the blood of Jesus will wash it clean.

The Bible says in Matthew 6:26, “Look at the birds of the sky, that they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather crops into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more important than they?” If our Father allowed me to feel this amount of grief simply because of the loss of life of an unborn bird, how much more will those who have taken the lives of the unborn children of God feel when He reveals this to them? Our assignment is to pray for them. Pray they might not turn away the grief they will feel, but embrace it so they might be forgiven.

The end game in this is the salvation of our Father’s lost children. Those unborn children are already sitting at the feet of our Father. He wants those who murdered them to also be there with them throughout eternity. His grace and forgiveness will come to a lost and dying world, but it will be preceded by grief and repentance for those willing to receive it. Pray for eyes to be unveiled, hearts to be softened, and an ability to accept our Father’s forgiveness through the blood of His only innocent Son, Jesus.