Prayer Journal #25

 Father, strengthen me when I am persecuted because of my faith in You.  Help me to never give up or compromise in order to gain the favor of other people.  Thank You.  In Jesus name, Amen.

 

I don't feel persecuted by belief or my faith much anymore.  However, it does bother me when I see so many in news reports that do not have faith in the Lord; otherwise, they would not be doing what they do or saying the things that they say.

Stealing.  Killing.  Taking the Lord's name in vain.  Coveting material items.  Coveting other people's spouses.  Just rampant.  At least it is shown that way on the news.

Probably the biggest issue for me is my belief that abortion is wrong, except in cases where there are health issues, incest, or rape.  I fail to see how killing a fetus with a heartbeat is not murder.  I can't understand having an abortion from 6-9 months of pregnancy when quite often babies are born prematurely in the time span and survive.  How can an abortion of a baby with a heartbeat that could survive at 7 months be consider acceptable and not be considered murder?  I also think of many couples who have issues with infertility that would love to have one of those babies to raise as their own but aren't even considered as an alternative to an abortion.

I also struggle with firing people from their jobs, specifically those who are serving our country, because they are not vaccinated against COVID.  Some groups will fight for the right of a woman having an abortion, saying it is HER body and she should decide what happens to it and within it.  However, those same people will demand that others be injected with a vaccine that they may not wish to have coursing through their bodies, yet they cannot protest that it is 'my body, my decision' as women are supposed to be entitled to do.  

I may have strayed from the intent of my prayer for today, but I do feel the persecution is real in those two cases.