Playing with Fire: George Tiller and Carrie PreJean
Posted on 02/06/09 11:22
I know, this is the oddest of comparisons. But here’s the connection: God has warned both of these people. George apparently did not heed the warnings. Carrie, for the time being, apparently has.
George Tiller was directly responsible, by his own hands or the hands of those who worked for him, for some 60,000 abortions. It’s hard to believe every one of those abortions was a deformed child that endangered the life of his or her mother. In fact, I don’t know one single person in my...
wide circle of friends, relatives and acquaintances that has ever had a pregnancy that truly endangered the mother’s life. It’s a logical fallacy: a natural process of life does not also endanger one’s life. The remedy for any of the various conditions that can be temporarily harmful to the mother (such as pre-eclampsia or gestational diabetes) is always delivery…not murder…of the baby.
The point of this blog is not to argue the finer points of abortion, but to comment on whether or not George Tiller heeded God’s warnings.
Several years ago, George Tiller was shot by an abortion protestor. Two years later, his Wichita clinic was bombed.
Did he get the message?
I’ve never been the recipient of gunshot wounds or had my home or workplace bombed, but I’m pretty sure I would look for a deeper meaning behind such actions. Rather than just blaming a deranged lunatic, I’d do a little soul-searching.
Not only did he experience violence against himself and his chosen profession, but he was also frequently identified through prayer, media and viral email campaigns as a primary nemesis in the fight for unborn life.
So…did he get the message? That he was playing with fire?
Apparently not.
Abortion has been decried as murder by the founders of the Church since as long ago as the first and second century.
So despite George’s presence in church at the time of his death, he didn’t get God’s heart. God didn’t cause George’s murder, but like He endlessly warns in His book, He allows us to visit the ends of our actions.
May God have mercy on George, just as He has mercy on me, a dreadful sinner.
In somewhat lighter terms, Carrie PreJean was also given a warning.
The reigning Miss California nobly stood up against the often vile and violent gay-marriage lobby in this country, she had her wings singed in the process.
Because reality is that you can’t stand for God and immodestly use your temple at the same time.
Carrie’s a smart girl. She played her time of persecution well, she’s making good use of the time since her vindication. But God allowed her to get burned. God allowed Carrie to be publicly humiliated by her barely un-pornographic pictures because of her quest for fame. God allowed Carrie to choose to walk the way of the world and learn the hard way that treading into territory where it’s darn near impossible to honor God will leave you dirtied. Burned. Damaged in the process.
So while we pray for the repose of George’s soul, let’s also pray for his family, that they heed God’s warnings. Let’s pray that they get the heart of God, that God values all life, not just the life of the wanted. Jesus wasn’t a wanted pregnancy. Shudder to think if He would have made it to birth if He were born today.
And let’s pray that Carrie carries on to fully glorify her Lord. Let’s pray she uses the platform thrust upon her to turn the hearts of at least 60,000 towards God. Let’s pray that she’s had enough playing with fire.
George Tiller was directly responsible, by his own hands or the hands of those who worked for him, for some 60,000 abortions. It’s hard to believe every one of those abortions was a deformed child that endangered the life of his or her mother. In fact, I don’t know one single person in my...
wide circle of friends, relatives and acquaintances that has ever had a pregnancy that truly endangered the mother’s life. It’s a logical fallacy: a natural process of life does not also endanger one’s life. The remedy for any of the various conditions that can be temporarily harmful to the mother (such as pre-eclampsia or gestational diabetes) is always delivery…not murder…of the baby.
The point of this blog is not to argue the finer points of abortion, but to comment on whether or not George Tiller heeded God’s warnings.
Several years ago, George Tiller was shot by an abortion protestor. Two years later, his Wichita clinic was bombed.
Did he get the message?
I’ve never been the recipient of gunshot wounds or had my home or workplace bombed, but I’m pretty sure I would look for a deeper meaning behind such actions. Rather than just blaming a deranged lunatic, I’d do a little soul-searching.
Not only did he experience violence against himself and his chosen profession, but he was also frequently identified through prayer, media and viral email campaigns as a primary nemesis in the fight for unborn life.
So…did he get the message? That he was playing with fire?
Apparently not.
Abortion has been decried as murder by the founders of the Church since as long ago as the first and second century.
So despite George’s presence in church at the time of his death, he didn’t get God’s heart. God didn’t cause George’s murder, but like He endlessly warns in His book, He allows us to visit the ends of our actions.
May God have mercy on George, just as He has mercy on me, a dreadful sinner.
In somewhat lighter terms, Carrie PreJean was also given a warning.
The reigning Miss California nobly stood up against the often vile and violent gay-marriage lobby in this country, she had her wings singed in the process.
Because reality is that you can’t stand for God and immodestly use your temple at the same time.
Carrie’s a smart girl. She played her time of persecution well, she’s making good use of the time since her vindication. But God allowed her to get burned. God allowed Carrie to be publicly humiliated by her barely un-pornographic pictures because of her quest for fame. God allowed Carrie to choose to walk the way of the world and learn the hard way that treading into territory where it’s darn near impossible to honor God will leave you dirtied. Burned. Damaged in the process.
So while we pray for the repose of George’s soul, let’s also pray for his family, that they heed God’s warnings. Let’s pray that they get the heart of God, that God values all life, not just the life of the wanted. Jesus wasn’t a wanted pregnancy. Shudder to think if He would have made it to birth if He were born today.
And let’s pray that Carrie carries on to fully glorify her Lord. Let’s pray she uses the platform thrust upon her to turn the hearts of at least 60,000 towards God. Let’s pray that she’s had enough playing with fire.
