James 1:27 – “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans…”
We read this passage last night at youth group and it hit me like a ton of bricks…these babies that are dying on a daily basis due to the holocaust of abortion are, in the truest sense of the word, orphans. They have literally been killed by their parents and thrown in the garbage. When we take a stand for life we are actually defending the orphans. I know sometimes it can be discouraging working in the pro-life movement, but let us take comfort in knowing that we are doing what God sees as “pure and faultless.” More on this concept to come…