I wanted you to see the whole thing, and I believe that it's important that we speak out against abortion. I can't really add anything to her prolife message - so I'm not going to try. But I encourage you to become more involved in protecting life. If you know someone considering an abortion - pray for them. Be bold and TALK to them with love and concern. Participate in the Right to Life march in January. Write to your elected representatives. Do what you can - and most importantly, pray that this holocaust ends.
Gianna said something in her speech that really jumped out at me. "I am a Princess." She's right. She is a Princess. So am I and so are you (or a prince if you happen to be a boy). We are royalty - children of the King of Kings. But, what does that mean?
C. S. Lewis had one of the best descriptions of what it means to be royalty that I've ever read - or at least what it should mean. In "The Horse and His Boy" (part of the Chronicles of Narnia), the boy discovers that although he was raised by a fisherman, he was really a prince and will one day be the king. His father, who he was finally reunited with, tells him, "For this is what it means to be a king: to be first in every desperate attack and last in every desperate retreat, and when there's hunger in the land (as must be now and then in bad years) to wear finer clothes and laugh louder over a scantier meal than any man in your land."
Notice that Lewis doesn't say that the king will get more to eat - but that he will laugh louder. This isn't a comment on redistributing wealth, it's a comment on being joyful in all things. We are royalty, children of the King. But we will go through bad times, if we greet those times with a servant's heart then those who don't believe in the King will see the joy that we have.
Gianna admits that she has Cerebral Palsy - but she calls it a gift. She is a Princess who is laughing over a scantier meal. She is allowing her weakness to bring glory to the King. Does that mean that she's never sad or never, ever has a pity party for herself. Well, I don't know her so I can't say for sure, but she is human and so she probably has days here and there where that is her frame of mind - HOWEVER, she is able to turn her focus back to the blessings that she enjoys.
I take care of my mom, who has Alzheimer's. There are some days that I'm so frustrated and discouraged that I give in and have a pity party. In the middle of that, I pray and God reminds me that I am HIS - I'm a Princess. And the Kingdom of Heaven is just around the corner.
May we all learn to use our weaknesses to bring glory to Him.
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