Saturday, April 4, 2009

God is Pro-Life

I was in a small town in Alabama and passed a church that had a sign that read "God is ProLife." Initially I wonder what this implied other than the usual neo-con rantings about abortion.

Admittedly, I'm pretty liberal (kind of funny that liberal is a bad word now) and I definitely don't think that I, or any man for that matter, should have laws that affects or prohibits a woman's right to chose, but what does "God is ProLife" imply theologically?
What does God is ProLife mean to a person to a person dying of AIDS? Cancer? Or some other terminal illness? Does that mean that God doesn't intervene in the life of those that are dying? Or is not responsible for death?

For this community is Prolife equal access to education? An antiwar sentiment? An effort to eradicate poverty since it's responsible for literally thousands of deaths globally? Could ProLife mean universal health care or an anti-death penalty posture?

God is indeed ProLife! But being ProLife isn't myopic or limited to our narrow definitions of such. Being ProLife means that we share the joy of Jesus to every one that labors in the vineyard of life. Being ProLife means eradicating anything that delays or destroys life.

I'm glad that this church proclaims that God is ProLife, but I pray that their proclamation wasn't one to destroy life, for Jesus proclaimed, "I came to bring you life and that more abundantly."