so roll up your sleeves, this could take some time

Just finished watching Maafa21. Response time. For those who don’t know, Maafa21 is a documentary done by Mark Crutcher and his organization Life Dynamics. It details how the practice of eugenics (that is, the practice of weeding out those who are deemed inferior by a group of people who consider themselves superior enough to do so) has developed in our country over the past 150 years, especially within the organization of Planned Parenthood, our country’s number one abortion provider.

It is, in a word…or two: devastatingly informative. Not only does it show how abortion is single-handedly wiping out the African American population, it shows just how much of our own government has funded, condoned, and encouraged it. And this coming from a girl who has done her research in the pro-abortion movement. I already knew that Planned Parenthood began in the eugenics movement, and that they currently target minorities. I even knew many of the statistics that show African Americans are well on their way to extinction if they maintain the amount of abortions they have each year. But to see it all put together from 150 years ago until today. To see the faces involved—presidents and philospers, doctors and senators—and to hear the things that they actually said out loud to a public audience…

It set me back a minute. It reminded me of just how dark the lie of abortion really is. How insatiable the appetite of death will always be. The Enemy wishes us to die. Period. He will do anything, anything at all, to orchestrate our destruction.

Videos like Maafa21 are vital to the pro-life movement and they are vital to the victims and survivors of the abortion holocaust, because they expose Satan for what he is: a liar and a thief. Ephesians 5:13 says, “But all things become visible when they are exposed by the light, for everything that becomes visible is light.” The Enemy’s plan for abortion cannot work in the light. He needs our silence. Our darkened hearts. He needs us to close our eyes and look the other way.

I am not willing to do that. As I watched Maafa21, my heart was not overwhelmed with sorrow or grief (though I have often met with both in this kind of ministry)…what I felt was an intense longing to see abortion ended in my nation, and an irresistible call to set aside everything for the cause of Life.

I know not everyone feels that. I know there are other ministries, other gifts, other callings. But I will tell you this: there is not a single heart in this nation that has not been touched by the pain of abortion. Because our hearts come from God, our Creator. We are the bearer of His image. Our lungs hold His breath. And when one of our unborn, made in the image of God,  is sent to death in the name of abortion, it ripples through all of us. From the heart of God, to the heart of man, and back. We—humanity—are all left broken.

That is why I stand and pray in front of clinics. That is why I hassle the young people I meet to get involved. That is why every conversation I have seems to end up in the vicinity of the pro-life movement. Abortion is not only killing our children, it’s killing our country, and it’s killing our churches. It aims to silence an entire generation. My generation. And I am simply not going to let that happen.

There is a part in C.S Lewis’ Voyage of the Dawn Treader (the book, not the movie) where Reepicheep expresses his determination to reach Aslan’s country. He says, “While I can, I sail east in the Dawn Treader. When she fails me, I paddle east in my coracle. When she sinks, I shall swim east with my four paws. And when I can swim no longer, if I have not reached Aslan’s country, or shot over the edge of the world in some vast cataract, I shall sink with my nose to the sunrise…”

That is my heart when it comes to the unborn. I will speak for them, plead for them, and pray for them until abortion has ended or my life on earth is done. (Then I will pray for them from heaven.)

I encourage all of you to take the time and watch Maafa21. I also encourage you, as I always will, to participate in this fight against abortion. It is the Church’s responsibility to build a culture of Life, because we are the ones who have seen death defeated in the resurrection of God’s son. It is our job, Church. No one else. Let us join together, let us be informed, and let us speak.

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