Pro-Life

Many Christians consider themselves “pro-life” (i.e. anti-abortion), but how many of us ever consider what being truly pro-life implies? To be wholly pro-life means to be willing to advocate for and minister to all vulnerable members of society—not just the unborn but also the women who fear bringing new life into the world; not just the physically and cognitively handicapped but also the ill and the elderly; and what about the poor, the neglected, the abused, and even those souls who are so despairing of existence that they desire to end it?

As Christians who worship the Creator God, we serve the ultimate Pro-Lifer, the Lover and Giver of life itself. We have an opportunity to show the world what being completely pro-life means: loving our neighbor as ourselves. Let’s encourage each other to see every member of society as our neighbor. And let’s remember that, in the parable of the Good Samaritan, Jesus didn’t answer the young lawyer’s question about who his neighbor was—instead, he turned the question around and essentially asked what kind of neighbor the young man himself was. Let us invite Christ to search our hearts, too, so that we may discover what kind of neighbor we are, and how we can become the kind that God wants us to be.

--Kristyn Komarnicki