I was told that an abortion was necessary when I was 19 years old. That if I didn’t miscarry…. and that if didn’t have the “medically necessary” abortion….. that I could bleed to death…. and that even if I didn’t… my baby would more than likely be in a vegetative state his whole life. Do I think that the doctor was flippant in that recommendation? No. I believe he thought he was doing what was best for me. However, I chose life. I chose to trust God. Babies are made in the very image of God – no matter how they were conceived or by whom. Had I not chosen to continue my pregnancy, against all medical advice, I wouldn’t have had Phillip, and Devin wouldn’t have been able to marry him, and our sweet Tommy would not have existed.

I’ve seen a lot said about how we should be able to kill babies that are products of rape and/or incest. God’s Word says that incest and rape are sins. I believe that no matter how detestable the sins of rape and incest are – A baby is not sin.

I believe that forcing a young girl to abort a child because of the trauma a pregnancy and birth will cause her will in the end cause way more damage to her psychologically than allowing the pregnancy to continue and putting the child up for adoption.

Out-of-wedlock sex is sin – no matter who it is by and between. Babies born because of it are not sin.

Sin will always be a part of our lives until we reach Glory. None of us are sinless. The sins of rape, incest, premarital sex, and even abortion and every other one you can think of are all forgivable when one repents and gets those sins under the blood of Jesus.

People can kick each other and be foul mouthed and just as hateful as they accuse Christians who are celebrating the overturning of Roe vs. Wade of being. They can believe the fear mongering media and the politicians and woke corporations who ride on the backs of their constituents and customers all the way to the bank. They can believe that portraying themselves as loving, accepting, and upwardly progressive will make their friends think more of them. People can do lots of things and call it love and acceptance, but that doesn’t make it real love.

At the end of the day, real love has no part of murder. Real love doesn’t boast in sin. Real love comes alongside of people and helps them by telling them the truth. Real love doesn’t shirk responsibility. Real love helps those who need it, and prays for those who sometimes don’t even understand their true problems.

Real love is a Savior who died on the cross for sinners just like all of us are; a Savior who overcame death and sin, and lives forevermore. A Savior that, although He ate with sinners, never ever condoned their sin, but rather called it out by name and told them to go and sin no more. Because of their encounter with the real and living Savior, they had a choice to make: accept Him or reject Him. Either way, they went away from the encounter different. Each one of us has to make that same choice at some point in our lives.

Do you think that our loving and sinless Jesus would have advised anyone to have an abortion? Or do you believe that just like God’s Word tells us, we can do ALL things through Jesus? That He will never leave us or forsake us… that our babies’ lives (whether we planned them or not) were ordained by God Himself…. That He knew them before they were knit together in the womb…. and that His Grace is sufficient for absolutely all things. Do we truly believe these things about our Lord? Do we truly believe His word? If you do, then this is not a fence straddling issue. He is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. His Word doesn’t change and He doesn’t wink at sin.

One day, every single knee will bow and every single tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. In the meantime, do we Christians celebrate life and the overturning of that evil and vile case law that has boasted the slaughter of millions upon millions of innocent babies who were in what should have been the safest place of all? Absolutely. You know why? Because our victory is in Jesus!

And one other thing, I love my friends and family even when we don’t agree. I just have to stand on God’s Word. It answers every question I have, and it never changes. I am not ashamed of it and when I’m standing firmly on It, I never ever have to back up.

I will post our family’s story again, if you would like to read it: https://kwolfesmith.com/2015/11/28/i-knew-you-before/

I also recommend that you purchase a copy of our friend and long-time family doctor’s book. Dr. John Hey wrote an amazing book based on his real-life experiences as a doctor. https://www.amazon.com/Gods-Little-People-Physicians-Odyssey/dp/1952025109