Day 188

**Spiritual abortion**

Jeremiah 10:23

I know, O Lord, that a man's life is not his own; it is not for man to direct his steps. 

Abortion. We're all familiar with it somehow, on different levels. Christians believe life begins at conception. Others say it begins when the baby is born. Abortion is ending life before it much of a chance to start. The opportunities cease. In a way, everyone has an abortion, multiple times a day. Multiple? If t was just once, some would say, "Yeah, people get murdered or they commit suicide." There can also be emotional and mental murders. But how can someone die multiple times and still be living? As said previously, abortion is basically taking a life before it has really started. Opportunities are gone. Don't we do that with God? The answer is absolutely. Yes we do. When He communicates something to us that we don't like for whatever reason, we're quick to jump in and say, "no, no, that's not what I meant", "no, I didn't agree to that", "I'm not doing this", "stop right there, it is not going to happen." You never know what could come after the rough part of something. Never. Besides, the bad stuff is just a side effect. The result is SO worth it. You miss 100% of the shots you never take. If you want the rainbow, you've got to put up with the rain, right? You can't just jump forward to what YOU see fit . . . You'll be bounced back to square one in a heart beat. 

Jeremiah 29:11

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."