Living Sacrifices (Simplified)

 

“Laura-Lee, why must I suffer so much physically?!”

Have you ever prayed in accordance with Romans 12:1?

“Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to OFFER YOUR BODY as a LIVING SACRIFICE,, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.”

A “Living Sacrifice”. How did you think that was going to pan out, except with suffering?

I often relate that verse to Abraham sacrificing his beloved, only son, Isaac, on an altar because God asked him to.

I've heard many, many sermons about that moment from Abraham's perspective (I suppose because most Ministers are usually Dads and are relating to Abraham), but I've always wondered about it from Isaac's point of view.

At some point his Dad had to have told him what was going on. Isaac didn't make a run for it, yet instead he submitted to both his earthly Father's will and their Heavenly Father's will. I'm not surprised that God draws a veil on that portion of the event. Could any of us truly comprehend the agony of it?

But I do know Isaac had his hands bound, was laid on an altar of wood ALIVE and knew he was about to DIE at his Father's hand.

His father, Abraham, gave up what mattered most to him (Isaac) and Isaac trusted his father right into Death and even beyond.

Can we do the same? 

Suffering is never an easy path whether we submit to it or it is inflicted on us. Many times in the midst of it I don't understand and question “why”, things have to be this way, but I always end up praying,

“Jesus, when this is over, promise me things will be okay between us again, because I couldn't live without you.”

Also, keep this in mind. YOU are sharing a portion of HIS suffering, He isn't sharing yours. You are the “Bride of Christ” and if you take this seriously, then you need to walk along beside Him, like the wife of the “suffering Messiah” must do.

Or, you could just take back your Romans 12 prayer and be satisfied with a tiny, lesser faith.🤷‍♀️ A self-centered faith that lacks depth or understanding and has no compassion for others who suffer because you've never walked it yourself. 

It takes intense suffering to be able to say these same things as Job.

“Oh, that my words were recorded,

    that they were written on a scroll,

 that they were inscribed with an iron tool on lead,

    or engraved in rock forever!

I know that my redeemer lives,

    and that in the end he will stand on the earth.

And after my skin has been destroyed,

    yet in my flesh I will see God;

 I myself will see him

    with my own eyes—I, and not another.

    How my heart yearns within me.”

Job 19:23-27

Job had enough faith to look beyond his own physical suffering to KNOW, with surety, that some day God would RESURRECT his physical body, which BTW is the exact same thing Abraham believed God would do for Isaac, revealed when he said,

“We will worship and then we will come back to you.”

Genesis 22:5

Abraham was going to kill Isaac and burn him on an altar but STILL believed God would Resurrect him.

It's the same thing Martha believed, even after spending days watching her sick brother die.

“Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”

 Martha answered, “I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”

 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. DO YOU BELIEVE THIS?’”

 “Yes, Lord,” she replied, “I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, who is to come into the world.” 

I find it fascinating that what Job wanted was a record kept of his suffering and his ultimate proclamation of his life. (It is doubly hard to suffer if you believe you are in it alone.) But God answered that “simplified” prayer of Job and has magnified it more times than Job could ever have imagined. Job has become the epitome of honorable, Godly suffering all through these THOUSANDS of years of human history.

Who will be blessed by the  Testimony of your suffering, even if it seems nobody cares or notices in the Here and Now❓️

“Then the Lord said to Satan, ‘Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.”

Job 1:8

“The Lord blessed the latter part of Job’s life more than the former part.”

Job 42:12

The Truth with Love, 

 Always Laura-Lee 

 

Politely ProLife

If you were in a hospital and you saw a person with a knife in the baby nursery start stabbing all the newborn babies to death, what would YOU do to stop them?

When I started actively getting involved in the ProLife movement in the 1980s there were some of the more militant people, predominantly in America, who were bombing Abortion Clinics. They targeted them after hours so people wouldn't get hurt (we're pro LIFE remember) but it started the discussion amongst us about just how far each of us would go individually and the hypothetical question I started with became a question we ALL had to seriously ask ourselves.

I drew my own boundaries of where I would and wouldn't step and what I was willing to do fight for the unborn.

I always started with PRAYER.

Then I voted for ProLife candidates. Wrote constant letters to my MPs and MLAs. Supported Crisis Pregnancy Centers. Stood in front of Abortion Clinics. Knelt and prayed in front of Abortion Clinics. Marched or Walked for Life in whatever city I lived in but mostly debated on behalf of the ProLife movement against Planned Parenthood.

So here I am 40 Years (4 LONG DECADES) later and the death toll amongst unborn babies is 73 MILLION per year (according to the World Health Organization) and I am left wondering what we're doing wrong that the death rate has grown to this extent.

🤔

Back when the ProLife movement started the debate was very different. The first question was “Is it a human or just a “potential human”?

Then the next question was, 

“At what point during the pregnancy is it still humane to abort the fetus?”

And as always, “Should the victims of Rape and Incest be forced to give birth to a baby when it may cause them further emotional trauma?”

Let me deal with the last question first because THAT answer will NEVER change.

You don't kill a child because they have a horrible father.

Case Closed.

As for the other questions, they existed BEFORE the Science we now have has rendered them obsolete. We can now analyze DNA and video actual embryos and fetuses. They are 100% human beings AT CONCEPTION.

Now the sole question remains. "Should their mothers have the right to kill them because they are unplanned or inconvenient?

Let that question stew for a moment as I go back to the question, “Why haven't we been able to stop or hinder the onslaught of slaughter?”

In a word, “INCONVENIENCE”❗️

Not that of the pregnant mother. Ours.

We go and walk around in a park for a couple of hours on a sunny, Saturday with our friends and family, then spend the next 364 days of the year congratulating ourselves for our tireless proLife stance but also whine, complain and wonder why the laws never change.

Of COURSE THEY DON'T ❗️ Our  politicians can see we aren't taking this fight seriously and are certainly capable of avoiding us for one Saturday a Year.

Why do we make so little effort when so much is on the line? We don't want to be INCONVENIENCED. 

😖 Ooo. Sorry. Does that hit a little too close to home because it is also the main thing we judge the ProChoice side for?

Don't be afraid. Let's keep going. 🫱

People are extremely complex and we are constantly demonstrating our individually in a myriad of ways, so any time a Behaviorist sees a group of people all doing something alike, it is a major Red Flag 🚩 that there is a problem somewhere.

Whenever I see a ProLife Walk or March organized and the participants are all required to

Wear a white shirt, 

Aren't allowed to bring their own signs,

Not allowed to yell things or bring a megaphone (etc)

I see that Systematic Compliance has crept in, in a big way.

Keep in mind that Anger and Rebellion,  in and of themselves, are not evil. It depends on WHAT you are angry about and WHO (or What) you are Rebelling against. 

So now let's return to the original hypothetical question.

If you were in a hospital and you saw a person with a knife in the baby nursery start stabbing all the newborn babies to death, what would YOU do to stop them?

You see, it isn't actually a hypothetical question at all. It is the reality of what is currently happening and the butchering assassin in the Question has been hired by the baby's own mother to kill her child.

(and in many countries, like the UK and Canada, it's paid for by the  Government under a Universal Healthcare system. Our tax dollars hard at work.)

So again I ask “WHAT are YOU personally willing to do to make it stop”?

Because our polite, mamby-pamby, wimpy, milque-toast, never take the slightest step out of line method ain't doing it.

Let's get Practical.

What can YOU 🫵do right now?

🔴 How much time do you spend PRAYING for the Unborn each day? This battle will ultimately be fought and won on our knees, although not only there.

🔴 How often do you post something ProLife on your Social Media ❓️Why don't you go retrieve a picture of a Baby in the Womb right now and post it on Social Media. A picture is worth a THOUSAND words and you'll feel better having taken a positive action.

🔴 Discover who currently represents you in the Federal Government, get their contact information and start sending messages.

Emails, Telephone and particularly snail mail. By sending a paper letter, you can choose your words, a stamp is not needed and it arrives on their desk dated and signed, which makes it a legal document that can't simply be destroyed or deleted. It requires someone to deal with it.

Just tell them you believe Abortion is the Murder of a Baby, you expect them to take action against it, and you will be  VOTING according to your beliefs in the Following elections. Add anything you wish. Say it in your own words.

Have your political representative in your phone Contact list.

Leave your name, tell them Abortion is murder and ask them what steps they taking to stop it.

THEN, call them back a few days later, leave your name again and say, "I Was wondering if you've stopped Abortion yet".

Express your indignation and embrace your individuality.

We don't need to get violent, but we DO need to “up our game” and become seriously and creatively annoying. Ask the Lord what to do. I'm sure His ideas are WAY better than mine. 😃

The Truth With Love, 

 Always Laura-Lee 

How many babies died during the few minutes it took you to read my post?


And when you go to a ProLife rally or event, dress as you usually do, create your OWN ProLife sign to bring. 

What are the ProLife organizers going to do? Fire you? Make a citizens Arrest? And perhaps you will inspire others to not merely capitulate, because we are NOT going to win this Fight just doing what we are told.

Parable of the Persistent Widow in Luke 18