Glorifying God Midst the Brevity of Life

Tomorrow is the 37th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. In light of that, please watch the following video about little Elliot Mooney and how his life, a life that could very well have been snuffed out because of Roe v. Wade, has done much for God's glory.


Life is short - a vapor James says. As Christians, we do well to remember that we are here ever so briefly. I just turned 70 recently and thoughts of my parents came to mind, remembering that my they didn't live long past their own 70th year. My father died at age 80 and my mom at 82. It was quite sobering to think that I may not even be here as long as they were. 
But it's good to consider our mortality. To help with that, Tim Challies wrote a post entitled "Ponder the Brevity of Life". You can find his article here. 

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Glorifying God Midst the Brevity of Life

on January 21, 2010 0 comments

No, Mr. President!

My husband brought my attention to this video by John Piper. Please watch it. It only lasts a little over 3 minutes. And even more importantly, commit to doing what John Piper says those who hope in a Sovereign God will do (at the end of the video).

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No, Mr. President!

on May 19, 2009 1 comments

An Amazing Story of Survival

There is nothing I can say to explain or prepare you for Gianna Jesson's incredible testimony of God's grace to her.

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An Amazing Story of Survival

on February 10, 2009 2 comments

Life - Imagine the Potential

This is a video that I received via email. The accompanying message read:

NBC television has rejected a pro-life advertisement which Catholicvote.org bought for a slot in the Super Bowl because the ad contains a pro-life message. The 30-second ad features ultrasound pictures from a baby in its mother’s womb. There is nothing either graphic or political and the word abortion is not even used. In fact, no words are spoken, only graphics that appear on-screen. Yet, the message is extremely powerful.

See for yourself.

A child conceived today in circumstances where the mother would face raising that child on her own, without the father (because of abandonment) - that child would be at high risk for aborion. Knowing this, it is interesting that President Obama supports abortion rights more aggressively than any other liberal president in our recent history.

Please remember to pray for President Obama, that he might personally see the implications of such an agenda, and that God would turn his heart to value all human life, especially that of such a fragile and unprotected segment of our society.

Posted by Sharon Kaufman

Life - Imagine the Potential

on January 30, 2009 0 comments

Hand of Hope

This email came today from a friend. To not post it, I thought, would deprive you of seeing a most precious sight. I did a little research and found out that the photo was actually taken on August 19th, 1999, so it has really been circulating longer than stated in the email.

A picture began circulating in November. It should be 'The Picture of the Year,' or perhaps, 'Picture of the Decade.' It won't be. In fact, unless you obtained a copy of the U.S. paper which published it, you probably would never have seen it.

The picture is that of a 21-week-old unborn baby named Samuel Alexander Armas, who is being operated on by surgeon named Joseph Bruner. The baby was diagnosed with spina bifida and would not survive if removed from his mother's womb. Little Samuel's mother, Julie Armas, is an obstetrics nurse in Atlanta. She knew of Dr. Bruner's remarkable surgical procedure. Practicing at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, he performs these special operations while the baby is still in the womb.

During the procedure, the doctor removes the uterus via C-section and makes a small incision to operate on the baby. As Dr. Bruner completed the surgery on Samuel, the little guy reached his tiny, but fully developed hand through the incision and firmly grasped the surgeon's finger. Dr. Bruner was reported as saying that when his finger was grasped, it was the most emotional moment of his life, and that for an instant during the procedure he was just frozen, totally immobile.

The photograph captures this amazing event with perfect clarity. The editors titled the picture, "Hand of Hope". The text explaining the picture begins, "The tiny hand of 21-week-old fetus Samuel Alexander Armas emerges from the mother's uterus to grasp the finger of Dr. Joseph Bruner as if thanking the doctor for the gift of life."

Little Samuel's mother said they "wept for days" when they saw the picture. She said, "The photo reminds us pregnancy isn't about disability or an illness, it's about a little person." Samuel was born in perfect health, the operation 100 percent successful.

See "Hand of Hope" photo here.

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Hand of Hope

on April 30, 2008 2 comments