If only they were just numbers . . .

This year, heart disease will lead the mortality rate, taking 650,000 Americans alone. Cancer is second at 550,000. Another 112,000 will die simply because of unintentional injuries. Yet there is a death toll that is even higher--each year 1,200,000 babies in America are never allowed to take their first breath because of abortion. Add that to the equal number of women who will bear emotional scars because of their 'choice.'

The number is right around 20% of all pregnancies in America will end in abortion this year. The number over 40 years of legalized abortion is right around 50,000,000. Not its, but he's and she's. The US population just topped 300,000,000 for the first time this year--that means about 1 in 7 or so have been aborted. Yet next week after I'm through preaching on the topic, chances are I will put it in the back of my mind again. I may not take time to stop and pray for the troubled mothers, for the fathers who need to cowboy up and take responsibility, or for the children sitting in orphanages because no one has adopted them.

Laws need to change. No question. But our hearts need to change first. Would we really know what to do if Roe v. Wade was overturned? Would we be willing to take unwanted children into our home? If only they were just numbers, this would be easier. But they are not . . .