The Value Of Life

Its one of the unique aspects of our faith, that most other dead religions don't embrace.  The value of every single human life, from conception to the grave, and beyond (which is the Bible definition of human life).  And yet, even within our own sects, we have lost our way when it comes to this specific aspect of our faith; we find 'Christians' on both sides of many issues when it comes to protecting the value of life.

Scripture itself contains stories and histories of battles waged, swings of national movements away from the giver of life into idolatry and sin, and various other endeavors undertaken by man that eventually led to loss, death and destruction of life.  Gee, sounds eerily similar to our sworn enemies' job description, "steal, kill, destroy".  How often do we find ourselves in the seat of cooperation with our enemies' mission, tricky little devil that he is...

Tomorrow is the 10th year anniversary of the WTC/Pentagon attacks, and while we lose a ton of lives on a daily basis here in this world, there is something mysterious and sobering about dates like 9/11.  As we try to imagine what it was like to lose our own life; what if that was us on that day?  The way they died, the shear terror of falling or jumping from the flames and smoke, or the collapse of the building while we may have still been in it?  Tragic death, untimely death is a mystery, is a fear, is a strange feeling to most of us; the suddenness of it, the feeling of loss for those of us left behind. 

We find ourselves reflecting on these moments of our lives and it should sober us up from the intoxicating effect of the daily grind.  Those of us that name the Lord Jesus Christ as our God, we should follow Israel's lead as they were commanded by the Lord to lay in memorial markers so they wouldn't forget the greatness of their Lord, nor the value that he places on the lives of those he has created.


The tragedy of 9/11 is that some went to Heaven, and others didn't!  Shouldn't we be asking ourselves oh church, what could we have done better?  Shouldn't we take a moment and remember that day, that tragedy and ask ourselves 'what are we doing today that is better than 10 years ago to ensure nobody ends up in hell for eternity', in a moment of time?   What should be our response dear reader?  What should be our response to the collective memories of major tragedies throughout our short histories here on the planet?  The Pearl Harbor generation asked that question.  The Holocaust generation asked that question.  Are we the 9/11 generation? 

What is the value of life and are we doing everything to follow our Lord's lead and protecting and preserving it?  Makes me think...