Words Of Encouragement (1) December 31, 2014 Doug & Linda Hamilton Someone needs to hear of Gods love for them today. Inspiring Thoughts from My Friends A.D. Williams Happiness is not a place or a goal. It is a choice. LifeNews Pro-Life Update If Anencephalic Babies Aren’t Really Human Beings, What About Her? by Wesley J. Smith | Washington, DC | LifeNews | Throughout my campaign on behalf of the human exceptionalism and the equal dignity of all people, utilitarian bioethicists and others have challenged me about anencephalic babies, that is, those born with parts of their brain missing. They aren’t persons, indeed, aren’t really human, the argument has gone. They are as good as dead. We should be able to harvest their organs! No, I have countered. These profoundly disabled babies are fully human, fully equal, human beings born with a terminal condition. They are “us,” not “them” — and should always be treated as a subject, not an object. Now, Baby Angela — born with anencephaly — is alive and apparently thriving at age 6 months. From the Rhode Island Catholic story: Baby Angela smiles as a visitor tickles her feet. She wiggles and coos, moving her head from side to side. “She’s doing great,” Angela’s mother, Sonia Morales, told a Rhode Island Catholic reporter last week. “She’s almost 14 pounds, and she’s growing well.” In May, Angela underwent a three-hour surgery to close an opening at the top of her head, as she has anencephaly, a neural tube defect in which portions of the brain, skull and scalp do not form in whole or in part during embryonic development. She was also born with an encephalocele, another neural tube defect characterized by sac-like protrusions of the brain and membranes that cover it through openings in the skull. During the surgery, doctors removed the encephalocele, and closed the opening. Morales, a parishioner at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church in Providence, said doctors predicted Angela would likely be stillborn or die within a few hours or days following her birth. But on September 23, Angela will turn six months old. None of us is disposable. None of us is as good as dead. Andrew Johnson with Crystal Hughes-Johnson 2 Timothy 2:15 15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. A. R. Bernard Just as high temperature tests metal, so it is that praise tests a mans character. (Proverbs 27:21 TLB) Abhishek Bhagat We always need a friend that could understand us and in our life make a difference but sometime we find but for a short time ,but sometimes we are still expecting someone to give them that special place . Andy N Natalie Elrod It reaches to highest mountain. And it flows to the lowest valley. Dale Hamilton What motivates you to do better? Is it money, fame or just a drive to be successful? Sometimes we lose track of who we are if we do things for the wrong reasons. It all becomes about ourselves if we are not careful. If God is not with you on this journey that you have undertaken, then eventually it will start to fall apart. He is the glue that holds everything together, He is the tie that binds. Lord, I dont want You to be the copilot, I want You to be the pilot. I need You to be in total control. Ed Wrather When you are facing the uncertainties of life, remember your God, your Lord says, Fear not. - Ed Wrather (Uncertain Times Gail Gough Hodge Joshua 24:15 NIV But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.” “A Prayer Of Remembering Our Covenant With God” by Stephen C. Weber Father, we read where Joshua placed a stone under the oak tree to serve as a witness against anyone who heard Your words spoken through godly leaders and yet chose to deny You. The stone under the oak tree in Schechem was witness to those who remained true or those who denied the faith. The stone was unchanging from day to day, year to year just as our promises should be. It was an inanimate witness unable to speak, but today we have living witnesses within our family, community, and church that can either speak up that we are people of truth or deny our claims. Our words will be demonstrated in our attitudes and actions and we will impact these eye witnesses in regard to their eternal future. No matter the consequence in this life, we never want to deny You in what we say or do. Amen.
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