Just Pondering...

(Edited to add: My heart is burdoned for un-wed Christian mothers-to-be. If you know me, please don't assume that I am speaking today specifically to my own family's issues. I can't believe that I actually worry about this. I hate thinking that someone who knows me, could use this as evidence to use against my child)

I've been pondering (yes...again) the stand that a church needs to take on abortion and "un-wed mothers". I'm not upset today. I'm not angry today. But I'm just "pondering". Sin is sin, and I'm not arguing with that. But should we only be supportive of an unwed mother ONLY if she puts aside the very sin that got her pregnant in the first place? I have my issues. You have your issues. And some of those issues are sinful. Most of us will never have them blazed across a billboard in our day to day lives. God knows about them. Some of them are battles we fight every day. Some of them are dangerous to ourselves and others. Some of them are probably even the same issues that church leaders battle. If you are a young person in today's world, and have an issue in this particular area, you are probably not alone. I'm just saying that if a church has a "zero tolerance" for sexual sin (not defending "sexual sin" here), and one of it's girls turns up pregnant...do we only celebrate her choice of giving her baby life if she jumps through our "purity hoops"? Do we only offer to help her and her child if she is living up to our expectations? Do we keep her under the spotlight for the duration of her pregnany, just watching for her to slip-up, and to therefore condemn her?

I don't know, but it seems to me that this type of attitude isn't going to save the lives of a lot of babies. Seems to me that a woman who struggles with sexual sin will not turn to her church for help and support. Seems to me that she will either run away and hide, or choose to abort her child, so not to risk the humiliation of herself and her family by the church (which by the way is supposed to demonstrate the Love of God).

I don't think this is what God would want or desire. I'm glad that God accepts me where I am. I am grateful that He still visits with me in spite of my sin issues. I'm so glad that He stayed by my side when I strayed from Him. He was there with me (with His heart breaking, I'm sure) talking to me, and wooing me back to His side. Right now, I'm content here by His side. But I'm not going to say I'll never stray. I DO NOT want to open the door for the enemy to say "oh ya??? Watch this!"

I just wish that the human beings that are "The Church" could love each other like that.

Just "pondering".