January 8, 2013

  • This Bible verse strikes a chord in my heart. God was speaking to the prophet Jeremiah about knowing him before he was formed in his mother's womb. Since all of us are created by God, God knew us and has plans for us when He formed us. I can envision fully well now how God must really feel the pain each time a baby is rejected to be born. It's a disobedient to Him or in modern term, a "slap on His face."

    I read this book and on one of the chapters, it mentioned that little Colton met, in heaven, his baby sister, that was miscarried in the womb of his mother. According to little Colton's account, he saw so many children in heaven. In learning more about babies that did not make it to this world, what played in my mind is that these children will never get a chance to have a journey in this world and live a purposeful life according to God's will. That these are children that will change the world for God. That these children when they grow up will lead away people from the grasp of the evil one and to the arms of Jesus Christ.

    And since God has given us free will, how we would be taking care of that little baby in the womb is up to us. It is all up to us to learn to eat healthy, years before a baby's conception. God leaves to us the caring of our bodies.

    God has given us two choices. On Deuteronomy 30:19 God said through Moses: "This day I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live..." 

    So, depending on what we have chosen in life, is the destiny of the child or children that God has given us. If we are not wise in choosing what is morally right in the eyes of God, we will also have consequences that we need to face up and be accountable for.

    Therefore, it is really very important that from the very start, from the time a baby is born, that we would be responsible enough to lead a child to where he/she will know God. Only if the child is surrounded with love and nurturing by his/her parents who are also focused sincerely on God and His precepts; a human embryo would have a chance to fulfill what God has planned for the future of the human being that He knew and that He will form in the mother's womb to fulfill His will, plan and purposes for him/her.

    Of course for us that knew it a little late; after the storms had passed and trials have subsided, God has alternative plan if we accept the offer. It's never too late, while we are still on earth, to realize that we can be set free from the agony of treading life without God. God offers His free gift of Grace, in the person of His loving Son, Jesus Christ.

    Still, God is calling you to make a choice: Life or death, blessings or curses... It's your free will to choose. I pray that you will choose one that lead to eternal life with Him; a chance to see the children that were given to us by God to love and nurture but we had chosen not to by cutting off their 'civil' rights to live.