Proverbs 6:16-19 "These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren."
Verse 17, "...hands that shed innocent blood," can be applied to a lot of specific situations, but it always makes me think of abortion. Who is more innocent than an unborn child, not even able yet to "speak lies"; "The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies." Psalms 58:3
I can not imagine living in the days when live babies were sacrificed to the "gods" by being thrown screaming into the fire, yet we are living in a time when babies are routinely killed at various stages of life in the womb. Yet because we don't see it happening in front of us, because we don't witness it outside our front door, it is seldom in our thoughts.
I have an abortion counter widget I acquired somewhere on the internet a long time ago. It calculates the number of deaths by abortion, and starts over every January 1st. I am going to add the code here in case anyone would like to add it to their own blog.
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