The Works of God

Driving seven hours in the car yesterday allowed me time to think on ‘wave four’ in the campaign to end abortion that I referenced yesterday.  Here are some thoughts:

• Technologies can identify disabilities more accurately and at earlier stages of pregnancy than ever before.
• Our culture hates people with disabilities for a variety of reasons: fear, expense, inconvenience, reminder of human frailty.
• Our culture values health, fame, riches, beauty, independence and convenience above almost anything else.
• Our legal system is oriented against the rights of unborn children.
• Too many of our churches are ambivalent, at best, about people with disabilities.
• With abortion rates of more than 90% for children with Down syndrome, many people who call themselves Christians are choosing abortion.

And I was thinking of that in this beautiful context:

But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong;  God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, so that no human being might boast in the presence of God. 1 Corinthians 1:27-29

Nobody would believe it possible in this cultural and political environment, but that abhorrent practice will permanently end someday.  And everyone will recognize that only God could do it.

I’m just hoping he’ll let me throw some dirt on that grave.