This week marks the 35th anniversary of a very dark day in our nations' history. The day that abortion legally started taking the lives of children in our country. Today, January 22nd, approximately 50 million babies have been killed by abortion. These children would have been American citizens. They might have grown to be leaders, doctors, teachers, mommies and daddies... if only they had been given the chance to LIVE.
I have recently become familiar with the music of a Christian artist (Ginger Millermon) who is a huge pro-Life advocate! Her story touches me on many levels. Because of our experience with Abby and her early arrival we are even more aware of the miracle of life. I am naturally drawn to other stories involving prematurity because I think it touches a fundamental truth about human development... the premature baby IS the unborn baby, separated only by a matter of minutes.
I don't understand how someone can look at a perfectly formed prematurely born infant and think that somehow through the act of physical birth this child became a "person." Micro-preemies are in fact fetuses, born into the world long before they are ready... but they are very much alive! I know because I had one. Abby only weighed 1 lb 5 oz and she was a tiny little person with a will to live like nothing I have witnessed before.
Today I heard Ginger Millermon share her testimony of the struggles her family experienced when their premature twin boys were born. Like us, their family was also faced with a heavy decision in the face of a very uncertain future. Her testimony is one of Faith in the Lord and a trust that His plans are perfect, and his ways are good... although they are not our ways.
Many of Ginger's songs are inspired by her experience with her premature son and his severe illnesses. In light of Sanctity of Life week I wanted to share a song she and her husband wrote, called First Breath. This song was written for a pregnancy support center and it speaks out on behalf of the unborn child. The lyrics in this song are also true for women who choose to place their babies for adoption... giving their children a chance at Life.
If you have a moment, please listen to Ginger's testimony here: http://www.gingermillermon.com/
Just click on the link resources, and then American Family Radio interview
I hope you will be blessed as I was!
First Breath
Mommy, give me a chance
To say I love you
To hear you singing a lullaby
Holding me close when I need to cry
Mommy, give me a chance
To hear your laughter
Watching me as I giggle and coo
Taking my first steps to daddy or you
There’s so many things that I want to do
Give me my first breath
Chorus:
For I am fearfully and wonderfully made
Fashioned by God’s hand
And my days were written in His book
Long before time began
And He’s making me perfectly in His sight
There’s no one else like me
So give me the chance to see the light
To find out who I might be
Oh, you never know who I might be
Give me my first breath
Mommy, give me a chance
To make you smile
To run in the rain on a warm spring day
To bring you flowers on the first day of May
Mommy, give me a chance
To see the sunset
And watch the fireflies dance in the night
Wondering how God gave them their light
Holding your hand and squeezing it tight
Give me my first breath
Copyright Ginger Millermon 2002
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