Leah Is With God

Twenty days ago I wrote a blog post about baby Leah.

Baby Leah went to live with God this morning as she was sleeping in her father's arms. She lived for 99 days. "Leah is eternally healed!"

Read her story at Caring Bridge -Leah Grace Jarmer

What Is Love?

The word "love" is used a lot in the Bible. The word "love" is also used a lot in our culture. But they are not the same word.

In our culture the word "love" means to feel affection for another person. To really like another person. Does the Bible command us to feel affection for others? Does it say we must like all other people? No. That's not in the Bible. What the Bible says is that we must love other people, even our enemies.

Confused?

The problem is that the English language does not have a word that accurately expresses what the Bible is saying. The closest word available is "love" but it's not very close. The ancient Greeks (the language of the New Testament) recognized the differences and they had three words that are translated into our one word... "love". One of those, agape, is talking abouit how we treat other people, not how we feel about them. When you agape (love) someone else that means you treat them in a loving manner. You may not like them, but you still treat them with loving actions.

What is a loving action? Does loving someone mean you always give them what they want? No, it does not. It means doing what is best for them.

If your children want to play in a busy street, is it loving to let them do so? No!! The loving thing is to get them out of the street no matter how much they object. That is love... caring about the welfare of the other person.

What if the other person wants to do something morally wrong? What if they are a habitual liar or shoplifter? Do you tell them it's okay, and if that's what they want to do they can continue to do those things? No! That's not loving. That's enabling them.

Loving someone does not mean we always make them feel good. By loving someone we might make then very unhappy. Our children might really enjoy playing in the street and our loving action of getting them out of the street makes them very unhappy... but it also saves their lives. Agape loving someone has nothing to do with happiness or feeling good. It has to do with truly caring about the welfare of that person.

What if we did something to protect our children when we found them playing in a busy street... We could run into the street and put orange cones around our children, and erect a sign that says "Children At Play." Instead of asking them to change their behavior, and possibly making them feel sad, we try to protect them and keep them happy. Is that the right response? No!

The correct, loving response is to get them out of the street and teach them that they need to change their behavior.

That's also the correct, loving response to someone breaking the law... whether it is civil law or God's law. Enabling them to feel good about themselves while they break the law, or enabling them to continuing breaking the law is not loving them.

Why Pro Llife?

That's the title of a book by Randy Alcorn. This is such a good book that we'd like to get as many copies as possible into people's hands. The normal price is $7.99, but we'll give you a copy free. Just send us $3.00 to cover the postage. You can even send postage stamps.

Send your request to:
Mission to America
P.O. Box 974
Tualatin, OR 97062

Give a copy to a friend who does not understand the harm abortion does to women.

Give a copy to a neighbor who does not understand that life starts at conception.

This offer is valid until July 4, 2009, and while supplies of the book last.

If your church or organization would like to purchase larger quantities, Randy Alcorn sells Why Pro Life? for $1.60 per copy when you purchase a case of 50 books. Visit his web site: Why Pro Life?

Doctor recommends parents kill their two month old baby.

She's Two Months Old - Let Her Die

Leah Grace was born on March 20, 2009. On Friday (two days ago) her doctor told Leah's parents to bring her to the hospital where she would be given a lethal medication to kill her. From the shocked look on the parent's faces the doctor assumed the hospital was not an option, so the doctor recommended they bring Leah home, but stop feeding her so she would die.

Leah does have medical problems. She will probably not live long. So the doctor says you might as well just kill her now. Murder is the better option.

Read Leah's story on Caring Bridge: http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/leahgracejarmer

I really wonder if this is a foreshadow of what we'll see if we have government run health care. When health care is limited, then why care for those who appear to be dying anyway? What options will the government give you?

Here's the answer:

Oregon has a state run plan called the Oregon Health Plan. Barbara Wagner had lung cancer that was diagnosed as fatal. There are drugs that would prolong her life and improve the quality of her life. But the Oregon Health Plan said, "Sorry not covered, but we will pay for the drugs needed for your suicide." (Assisted suicide is legal in Oregon.)

Why? Because it is the official policy of the Oregon Health Plan that if you have advanced cancer, they will not provide treatment. The government will provide everything need for suicide, however. It is best that you die and get out of the way so people who are not as sick can be treated.

Welcome to government health care.

How Do You Know Which Religion Is True?

How would you answer this question?

Can you know which religion is true? Is more than one religion true?

We've been working on a DVD that answers this question. There are three questions you can ask to determine whether a religion is true of created by mankind. Here's the first:

Is the religion self-centered? Every religion will claim to be God centered, if they believe in a God. The way to get the answer to this question is to get the answer to another question: What happens after you die? If the answer is centered on what YOU can do, then it is a self-centered religion and thus is a false religion. Here are some examples:

Hinduism: you must live your life well within your caste. This will result in your being reincarnated into a higher level in your next life. Is this self-centered or God centered? It is self-centered and thus a false religion.

Islam: to enter paradise your good deeds must outweigh your bad deeds. Is this self-centered or God centered? It is self-centered and thus a false religion.

Christianity: there is nothing you can do to save yourself (get into heaven). Only God can save you. Is this self-centererd or God centered? It is God centered and thus is the true religion.

All religions other than Christianity are self-centered. They all claim there are things you can do to obligate God, the creator of the universe, to allow you into heaven. All other religions put man in authority over God. They say there are things you can do (good works) that then obligate God to do something for you in return. Christianity says that there is nothing we can do to obligate God to do anything. God is GOD. He is supreme. He is in charge. He is the creator and we are the created. We never have power over God. God saves us not because of what we've done, but because of what He has done... died on the cross to pay the penalty we owe for sin.