By Jim Ross Lightfoot ——Bio and Archives--September 14, 2024
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As I sit in God's Waiting Room, the word "mistake" reverberates around me. The clamor of the national election campaign only amplifies this word, with both presidential candidates accusing each other of lying. The uproar around “mistake” is primarily about the abortion issue.
Abortion is a highly emotional issue and is manipulated by political advisors to gather people in support of abortion as well as drive a wedge between candidates opposing abortion and their supporting voting bloc. Feelings run high on both sides of the issue. Abortion has been a “playmaker” issue for years in our political system.
However, in all the debate and political noise, one voice is silent and never mentioned: the voice of the child that will or will not be aborted. What do you think that child might say?
Take your mind all the way back to late December or early January 1938. Eighteen-year-old Helen works as a nursing assistant in a hospital where a young man, who fell from a bridge........