It's Sad

I have altered one of my previous posts and taken out a video due to some saddening news that has come out this past week. Michael Guglielmucci who wrote the song Healer and who in the video I have in a previous post, has come out stating that he was not suffering with a terminal illness and lied about it for two years. I was deeply saddened to hear this and I lift up in pray all those who have been affected by his poor decisions. There are some who are saying that we should no longer use the song Healer in any worship whatsoever. My opinion on that is this. Is there anything in the words of the song that are not biblical? Is not God our portion, our healer? I realize that this may cause people to stumble so caution must be used, but to say that the song was not from God I don't know. Who are we to know the mind of God? Also, it saddens me to read comments from people that are so hurtful and angry and negative. Some are even using this as a "See God doesn't exist. Look another Christian who fell." It saddens me that God is lumped in with people who make poor decisions. Let's remember, this is a man who yes deceived others but was also deceived himself. When we get our eyes off of God and onto ourselves the result is always trouble. Did he make a poor decision, YES. Was what he did wrong? Emphatically yes! But we must also remember we too make decisions every day that are against God and are just as wrong. Tell a lie here, take a pen from work that no one will miss. Just because they aren't as public as this doesn't make them any less offensive to God. This is why when you are in ministry you need to be constantly under covering, under authority. You need to be in constant prayer and self examination. Renewing your mind daily. Removing the "stinking thinking" as Pastor Syd always says. It is very dangerous ground that one stands one when we think that we got where we are because of our own doing. So I say all of that to say this. Keep your eyes focused on God. Pray continually. Pray for Michael Guglielmucci and his family. Pray for his healing spiritually and mentally. Pray for those who have been hurt by this. But don't let your view of God be changed due to what your eyes see. See who God truly is by reading His Word. He is the same yesterday, today and forever.

Life

It has been interesting to me to sit back and watch over the past little while how the appointment of Morgentaler to the Order of Canada has restarted a massive debate on the whole issue of abortion and the idea of whether a fetus is a life or not. One of the things that I have found profoundly disturbing throught the whole thing is how now there are people calling those who are Pro-Life Anti-Choice. So now the sides are divided up into Pro-Choice and Anti-Choice. That just sits so horribly to me. I am Pro-Life. I have always been Pro-Life. I believe that life starts at conception. I believe that abortion is wrong and (in my personal opinion) is murder. I live in one of the few countries in the entire world that has NO laws or legal restrictions on abortion. (about the only thing that I know of is that it is very hard to find a doctor who will do a third trimester abortion in Canada. Usually women are sent to the states for that) A 12 year old girl can have an abortion and also there is no need for parental consent either. (I was shocked when I read that!) According to wikipedia over Stats Canada stated that in 2003 over 110,000 abortions are preformed every year which equates to 30 abortions for every 100 live births! The majority of abortions are due to convenience and not rape or medical reasons. Now the big Pro-Choice argument is always my body my rights. But I ask this question. Does anyone ever think of the rights of that baby or of the father who helped to create it? Neither have a voice or a say. Having carried two babies myself there is no way that I could ever have an abortion even if I was raped or for medical reasons. (my life or the baby's) To know that there is something growing inside you, moving around, breathing, living is awesome. I think that as a country we need to put in some ground rules on the whole abortion front with the first being to not allow a 12 year old to have an abortion! We need to begin to be a voice for those who have none. Who are not an inconveniece because people show poor judgement. All life is sacred and should be treated as such.

This is an amazing video I saw on youtube: