This is me, back when I was in the third grade, before I started wearing glasses It's now almost 50 years later, and when I look in the mirror, I see a middle-aged face, and some gray hairs. When God looks at me, He sees a little girl. So many of His little children have grey hair and wrinkles!
China is mourning the death of Quan Quan, a panda considered to be a hero for having given birth to seven baby pandas. Let's pray that someday China will have the same attitude towards HUMAN mothers and babies!
First of all, I want to make it as clear as
I can that I absolutely oppose the death penalty, and for the same reason I oppose abortion, assisted suicide, and euthanasia. I oppose these things because taking
a human life is playing God.
However, the most vicious criminal can be executed by lethal injection; in other
words, put to sleep like a beloved pet. Meanwhile, innocent babies are being torn limb from limb in their mothers'wombs.
Is euthanasia mercy, or is it murder? I say, it all depends. If we are talking about a sick, suffering animal who cannot be helped any other way, then it is mercy. It is the last, and the hardest, loving act we do for a cherished pet. But when it comes to a human being, then it is murder. Yes, it is hard, very hard, to watch a loved one suffer. When my Baba was dying from stomach cancer, I prayed that God would take her, and when He did, I thanked Him for ending her suffering. Yes, I thanked Him, but He was the only One Who had the RIGHT to end that suffering. I would never have done anything to hasten Baba's death, even by an hour. Even by a minute. Even by a second.