Saving the baby CAN save the mother.

From Desir­ing God blog:

When we help a young, unmar­ried mother in the midst of a preg­nancy cri­sis save her baby, by God’s grace, the baby can save the mother.

The baby saves the mother out of a sin­ful sex­ual habit that was hol­low­ing out her soul and self-esteem.
The baby saves her out of the entan­gling lies and stalk­ing anx­i­ety that attends pre­mar­i­tal sex.
The baby saves her from blood-guilt.
The baby saves her out of a mech­a­nized Chris­t­ian walk and into a shaken-down and over­flow­ing expe­ri­ence of bib­li­cal mercy.
The baby saves her out of a shal­low, undi­rected faith and dri­ves her to trust God for the for­give­ness of her sins and for her daily bread.

And all this can be true for young fathers, too.

When preg­nancy is a cri­sis, it is a cri­sis of faith. When we are there to encour­age faith by hon­or­ing life, it is amaz­ing how often it turns out that Christ is formed in them.

Man.…I know this is true. How do I know? Because I have lived it…and I still am.

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Christian.…AND Pro-choice?

Some­thing Worth Think­ing About After Church « The Black Infor­mant.

For Chris­tians that are Pro-choice, Duane asks a good ques­tion:  How do you jus­tify your views in light of Scrip­ture? 

Take a moment to read the entire arti­cle.

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I’m in 3^rd grade again.….

and the school is work­ing my nerves!

I don’t recall third grade being so much WORK. The boy has to read 3 – 4 books a month and do book reports on each one. That’s in addi­tion to his spelling and math home­work every day.

Don’t get me wrong. I’m all for kids get­ting a good edu­ca­tion. School is the only job they have…but dang.…do I have to be dragged along too? Let me add, the boy wants to join the Cub Scouts now, too. 

now..the part where some­body is about to get told off:

My son packs his lunch most days, but some days he chooses the school lunch. That’s cool, but the only thing he can get to drink is milk. HE DOES NOT DRINK MILK. OF ANY KIND. Ever since 1^st grade, he’s brought his own drink (usu­ally a Capri Sun). This year, I get a note from the teacher talkin bout she’s been informed that he needs a MEDICAL EXCUSE in order to be able to drink his Capri Sun! DA PUFF?

It was Meet the Teacher night at the school today. I approached the Prin­ci­pal on this issue. She said that the state audits the school on the lunches, and got in trou­ble last year for hav­ing milk left over. I can under­stand that. I told her to let him take the milk, but not to tell him he can’t drink his juice. That’s what I’m con­cerned about. She asked if I could get a med­ical excuse. I told her: THIS IS NOT A MEDICAL ISSUE. MY SON DOES NOT DRINK MILK. PERIOD. I also told her that the fact that I’m his mother and I’ve noti­fied the school as to MY wishes regard­ing what MY child eats should be ENOUGH. Any­hoo, she told me to send her a note tomor­row to remind her to speak to some­one higher up about it. 

I’m not mad at the teacher or the prin­ci­pal. I’m irri­tated with the state govt for think­ing that they can dic­tate what goes in my son’s mouth, and that my direc­tive is not enough…I gotta have a doc­tor excuse.

A doctor’s excuse? For JUICE?

GTPOH.

Some­body bet­ter fix it. QUICK.

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