El Aborto

EL ABORTO

La Masacre de Millones hecha por nuestras propias manos
Cada año en solamente en los Estados Unidos de América, más de un millón de niños son masacrados por los doctores que practican el aborto. Desde 1973, cuando la Suprema Corte legalizó el aborto-a-petición, algo de 43 millones de bebés han sido sacrificados en U.S.A (vea “Consequences”, 2003). Cada año un estimado de 46 millones de abortos toma lugar mundialmente (Alan Guttmacher Institute, 2002). En tres décadas, una generación completa de niños ha sido eliminada para siempre. De hecho, más del 20% de todos los bebés concebidos en este país mencionado (los Estados Unidos) son muertos antes que vean la luz del día y la matanza…Continúa.

Abortion: The murder of innocent human beings who cannot defend themselves verbally or physically.

Abortion: The murder of innocent human beings who cannot defend themselves verbally or physically.

Dentro de los muchos problemas con este tema, algunos argumentan que es un derecho de la madre o incluso que las circunstancias ayudan a justificar este acto(violaciones, fue un descuido, fue un momento de locura etc.) Amigos y hermanos Dios es la única autoridad final para determinar lo que es moralmente correcto o incorrecto, y las practicas de los hombres no siempre concuerdan con la voluntad de Dios (Is. 55:8-9; Lc. 16:15; 1 Co. 1:18-25). Debemos obedecer a Dios antes que a los hombres, afirmó el apóstol Pedro (Hch. 5:29). La Biblia es el estándar superior de moralidad que determina que es correcto y que no lo es, para todas personas en todas las culturas, en todo el mundo.
METODOS
Realmente esta parte puede ser descrita como terrorífica, y la intención no es, de ninguna manera poner una imagen grosera, fuerte o traumatizante en la mente de nuestros lectores. Sin embargo deseamos que se entere, de que trata el aborto realmente y que este tema no tiene nada que ver con los derechos de una madre, ni se reduce a las decisiones tomadas en un hospital. Las aciones que se toman bajo este tema, son violaciones claras a la ley de Dios. A continuación algunos de los tantos métodos utilizados en clínicas y hospitales.
Metodo del Raspado:Este método es el usado más frecuentemente en las primeras 13 semanas del embarazo. Un azadón muy pequeño como instrumento, la cureta (o cuchilla cortante), es insertada dentro del vientre de la madre a través de la cerviz dilatada, su entrada natural. El aborcionista raspa entonces la pared del útero, cortando el cuerpo del bebe en pedacitos extrayéndolo hacia el exterior en partes mientras la criatura está viva…(Hay más detalles que creemos no poder presentar acá , por favor le animamos a que haga una búsqueda por su cuenta en el internet, este método es el más común).
Envenenamiento con cloruro de sodio, o aborto de Hiper-Sodio Una larga aguja es insertada a través del abdomen de la madre y una fuerte solución de cloruro de sodio (o sal) es inyectada directamente dentro del líquido amniótico el cual rodea al niño.El cloruro de sodio es tragado y “respirado” y envenena lentamente al bebe, quemando también su piel.  La madre entra en dolores de parto y tarde cerca de un día y expele un bebe muerto. Algunos bebes han sobrevivido al salir de la “salinidad” y han nacido vivos.
Método a travez de Cesária: Este método es exactamente igual que una operación  de cesárea hasta que se corta el cordón umbilical, salvo que en vez de cuidar al niño extraído, se le deja morir ya afuera del vientre de su madre. La cesárea no tiene el objeto de salvar al bebé sino de matarlo.  Existen más métodos pero estos tres bastan para darnos una idea clara de que es lo que realmente rodea la palabra “aborto”. De verdad la próxima vez que la escuche, deténgase y pienso en esto y no deje escapar la palabra muy fácilmente o pasarla por alto con ligereza.
¿QUE OPINA DIOS?
Si tuviéramos la oportunidad de preguntarle a Dios, que opina sobre el tema, si realmente el feto es simplemente “algo” que no tiene voz ni voto. ¿Cuál cree usted que sería su respuesta?. Permítame sugerir que El respondería algo como que es El quien hace el Espíritu humano  (Zacarías 12:1). Salomón el predicador sostiene con firmeza que el “feto”, es obra de Dios cuando esta aún en el vientre, mientras crecen sus huesos (Ecle 11:5), Job respalda esta misma idea cuando dice: “Me vestiste de piel y carne, y me tejiste con huesos y nervios” (Job 10:11). ¡Oh! pero el asunto no acaba ahí, Jeremías por inspiración del Espíritu Santo contradice lo que nuestra sociedad ha dicho, mostrando que él ya era un ser vivo aún antes de nacer y va más allá explicando que ya era un ser humano incluso aún antes que comenzara el proceso de formación (Jer 1:4). Isaías levanta su voz a favor de esto y no deja caer a tierra ninguna de estas palabras recordando que desde el vientre, Dios lo había buscado para ser profeta y desde que estaba, note… “en las entrañas de su madre”(Isa 49:1).  Por todos los hechos concretos anteriormente citados Dios opina que: “…no matarás al inocente y justo; porque yo no justificaré al impío” (Éxodo 23:7). Es más “Una de las seis cosas que aborrece Jehová, las manos derramadoras de sangre inocente” (Proverbios 6:17).El asunto del aborto es un asunto serio para Dios.
Nosotros debemos regresar a la Biblia como nuestro estándar de conducta antes que sea demasiado tarde.En nuestro país (y estoy seguro que muchos otros también) existe una inconsistencia e incongruencia terrible y trágica. Simplemente el apoderarse de un huevo de tortuga Lara Es CARCEL…pero matar aun ser humano inocente …bueno eso es derecho absoluto de la Madre, afirman. Razonando correctamente y usando la lógica, la madre tiene derechos, sí es cierto, pero de decidir sobre su propio cuerpo, el ser que lleva dentro de sí, no es suyo sino que es alguien más, una persona diferente. ¡O h por supuesto todos los bebés quisieran vivir! quisieran conocer el mundo en lo exterior de sus madres.
Algunos han sugerido que algunos niños no deben nacer y por esta razón hay que practicar el aborto, quizás una mal formación pretenda hacer pensar a los Padres que es mejor que no venga al mundo a sufrir. Quién escribe da fe que no existe pensamiento más equivocado que ese. Este autor es testimonio vivo que los diagnósticos médicos muchas veces fallan. He conocido personas que fueron diagnosticados con ciertos problemas agudos, mientras estaban en el vientre y que hoy por hoy, son más sanos que usted y yo juntos. Más bien en mi noción, parece ser que algunos padres encuentran una salida muy rápida y fácil de la carretera de la responsabilidad. Suena como que muchos  de estos padres no planificaron a aquella criatura y por tal razón es mejor que no nazca. Amigos hermanos, dejemos que Dios sea Dios. La Biblia enseña que El es soberano y que El está en control de todo (Job 42:1-7; Daniel 4:17). Usted y yo no podemos decidir que ésta persona no va a ser normal y aunque fuera anormal no va ha ser útil, eso es trabajo de Dios. Sin lugar a dudas el aborto demuestra ese espíritu de arrogancia de querer dejar a Dios fuera de la ecuación y la necesidad de tomar “mis propias decisiones”. Existe una docena de pasajes en la Biblia que condenan la arrogancia y una decena de ejemplos reales revelando con la mayor claridad posible que nunca la arrogancia termina en algo bueno. 
El aborto se sigue llevando a cabo cada día, cada minuto, cada segundo, pero los cristianos debemos levantar la voz en contra de aquellas prácticas que se oponen a la moral y al estándar de Dios. Ojalá ninguna cristiana se vea envuelta en un pecado como este y menos por falta de información. Recientemente vi una foto que compartió una persona que es homosexual y decía lo siguiente “Cuando aún no ha nacido la Iglesia pelea por los derechos del no nacido, pero cuando nace y es homosexual, le quitan sus derechos, ¡Iglesia hipócrita¡” . Hay demasiadas cosas que querría decir sobre esto, me sorprende el alto grado de ignorancia de este pensamiento, ya que radica en el hecho que la Iglesia pelea por los derechos de los bebes en el vientre… NO, es Dios mismo quién está en contra, no la Iglesia. Es ese mismo Dios, que le da el libre albedrío al hombre para ser homosexual si el quiere, entendiendo que al final, va a ser juzgado de acuerdo a sus obras (2Co 5:10),la iglesia no le quita el derecho a nadie. La Iglesia sí debe, y deberá mantenerse firme en la palabra de Dios, sostener con valor que en la moralidad la Biblia es el estándar supremo y que ambos, el aborto como la homosexualidad son una brutal violación a este estandar, y una mutilición a la ley del Padre Eterno¡Hipocrita usted autor anónimo! En insinuar de que Dios hace nacer a las personas con desviaciones sexuales, mi Dios, el Dios de la Biblia no es autor del Pecado, mi Dios el Dios de la Biblia es perfecto y no hace nada erróneo NUNCA. 
Para concluir, en contraste a este acto de asesinato de seres humanos, Cristo no vino a quitar vidas de las personas hace unos dos mil años atrás, cuando caminó por esta tierra, ¡No! El vino con el propósito de darnos vida( Efe 2:1) y que la tuviéramos en abundancia (Juan 10:10) Sólo espero, que usted haya encontrado esa vida y que la esté viviendo en abundancia y plenitud.
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Words Wise Men Should Not Use

Words Wise Men Should Not Use

Solomon is often called the wisest man in the Bible. As a youth, he asked God to give him wisdom, and our amazing God answered his prayer abundantly. “All the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart” (1 Kings 10:24). If we want to share in this wisdom from heaven, we must spend time meditating on the words of this wise king. Look at these four times Divine wisdom says we should not talk.

There are things wisdom does not say.

There are things wisdom does not say.

Do not talk about helping someone tomorrow when you can help today. Solomon said, “Do not say to your neighbor, ‘Go, and come back, and tomorrow I will give it,’ when you have it with you” (Prov. 3:28). There are times when you may have to wait about helping another, but Solomon says help a person today if you can.

The context of these words have to do with benevolence, but the principle applies to many situation in our lives. If others ask us for spiritual help, we need to help them today! They may not come back to ask again when we do not eagerly show our willingness to help immediately.

Do not say that you will “settle the score” with a person who has wronged you. “Do not say, ‘I will recompense evil’; wait for the Lord, and He will save you” (Prov. 20:22). One truth taught repeatedly in the Bible is that no one will ever get away with doing evil. Paul says it this way, “God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap” (Gal. 6:7). How can you turn the other cheek? How can you give food and drink to an enemy? It’s very simple. Vengeance belongs to the Lord, and He will always repay (Rom. 12:19).  There is no need for us to preempt God.

Do not say that you will treat others the way they are treating you. Listen to Solomon again. “Do not say, ‘I will do to him just as he has done to me, I will render to the man according to his work’” (Prov. 24:29). These words are diametrically opposed to the “Golden Rule” given by Jesus. Treating others like they treat you is a message from Satan. We live by a much higher rule, putting ourselves in their place.

Do not say that the past is better than the present. Solomon said, “Do not say, ‘Why were the former days better than these?’ For you do not inquire wisely concerning this” (Ecc. 7:10). It is not wrong to remember the past, but it is foolish to live in the past. Things are always changing, and while some things in the past seem better, we must live in the present world.

Do you want to be wise like Solomon? Then take time to read what he wrote. Make his words the words which rule your life. Sometimes we talk too much!

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Log Cabin Lesson

Log Cabin Lesson

In Wyoming, a number of homes were log cabins.  Naturally, my mind set itself to having one.  Folks gave me varying accounts of the good and bad of cabin living.  When we moved to Ohio, we purchased a property with a log cabin on it already.  God had blessed my family not only with a dream realized, but a lesson to learn in the process.

There are lessons to learn everywhere...

There are lessons to learn everywhere…

My cabin had an insect issue.  I sprayed for bugs to the best of my knowledge and then called in some folks who claimed to be exterminators.  They came to the property with clip boards and a sign on their truck to substantiate their claim of being exterminators.  When the finished their inspection, they told me I had carpenter ants.  They also told me to put traps up everywhere because they were certain I had mice, though they found no sign.  They then informed me they would return in a week to rid the cabin of the ants.

Right away I put out traps for mice in my cabin (12 of them).  In a week’s time, I did not catch a single mouse.  I also contacted a second exterminator.  They too arrived with clip boards, uniforms, and a vehicle with a sign.  This group of exterminators was far more thorough.  They demonstrated where the other exterminators were mistaken with their claims.  I did not have carpenter ants… I had boring beetles.  Not only were their claims accurate, but they matched the evidence presented in the cabin (no mention of mice either).

There is a Biblical lesson to be learned in my beetled cabin.  Despite a supposed expert’s claim of truth, his appearance, or his credentials, truth should always be verified.  There are many false teachers out there who make statements that will not stand the test of the trial of scripture which is truth.

 John 17:17Sanctify them in the truth: thy word is truth.

 The Bereans strove to examine the veracity of Paul’s teachings:

Acts 17:11Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of the mind, examining the Scriptures daily, whether these things were so.

John warns Christians to “try the spirits” (False teachers) to see if they are proclaiming truth or not.

I John 4:1 – Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

For certain, as my cabin would have suffered destruction by being treated improperly, man will suffer destruction for dealing with his spiritual pests improperly.

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The Resurrection: Come Lord Jesus

Come Lord Jesus

Those who take part in the first resurrection, which is the resurrection that takes place at baptism (Romans 6:3–6) the second death (i.e. the eternal death that takes place following the Judgment) has no power. Yet those who do not take part in the first resurrection, nor have their names found written in the “book of life,” will be cast into the lake of fire.

Ready for the resurrection? Are you saying, "Come Lord Jesus"?

Ready for the resurrection? Are you saying, “Come Lord Jesus”?

In the closing chapters of the book of Revelation the beloved Apostle John gets to see a glimpse of the church in its ultimate glory. It is represented as a beautiful bride, adorned for her husband; a great city with walls that cannot be breached and with gates that never need to be closed; and as a magnificent garden, even more utopian than the Garden of Eden. To all this John is told, “blessed is he that keeps the sayings of the prophecy of this book…that do his commands, that they might have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city” (Revelation 22:7–14).

Having seen all these things John replies, “Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus” (v. 20). If your life were to end today, if the Lord were indeed to come, if you were to stand before God in judgment, would you be ready? Are you living a life in faithful anticipation of that day? Are you so prepared as to be honestly willing to proclaim “Come, Lord Jesus?” Are you ready for Jesus to come?

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Power of the Mind

Power of the Mind

Teh mnid si a poewrful thnig! As a writer and editor it bothers me to leave that sentence in an article (and it really bothered the automatic spelling correction feature in my computer). However, it demonstrates the point that our mind is able to discern a thought, even without reading actual words. The human mind possesses an incredible amount of power—much of which is often untapped or used in a negative fashion.

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God has made you with a powerful mind! Use it for good, not evil.

God has made you with a powerful mind! Use it for good, not evil.

Imagine looking up into your doctor’s face and hearing him declare that you are going to live, but that there is no chance of saving your arm. It must be amputated. While those words would probably launch you on an emotional roller-coaster, consider your reaction if the doctor continued by stating: “Yes, and we are not going to use any anesthesia for the operation.” Most of us would rapidly get off the table and go find a second opinion—post haste! And yet, Dr. James Esdaille performed over 300 major surgical procedures without ever using anything except the power unleashed from his patient’s own minds. There are hundreds of examples similar to this one in which people have used the power of their mind to overcome what would often be considered insurmountable feats.

Does the mind really possess power to make physical changes in one’s life? Can the mind reduce pain or depression? Consider the case of a woman in her 30’s who was severely impaired from chronic fatigue syndrome. Most of her days were spent at home due to extreme lethargy. She was taken to the Laboratory of Clinical Investigation at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases where she was informed she was being enrolled in a new experimental treatment for individuals with her symptoms.

However, this young lady was not told that during the study she was only receiving a placebo—basically nothing more than a sugar pill. However, upon taking the pills she made a complete turnaround. Her symptoms disappeared and she was able to lead a normal life? Had the sugar pill actually cured her? No, she ate sugar all the time. The cure was initiated in her mind. She believed she was going to get better—and she did.

Often called the placebo-affect, there is a large body of research that has demonstrated the suggestive power of the mind is able to alleviate pain and cure various ailments. In 1955, scientist H.K. Beecher published a paper titled “The Powerful Placebo,” in which he demonstrated that in the 26 studies he conducted, an average of 32% of the trial patients responded to a placebo. Ten years later, it was shown that placebos could speed up the pulse rate, increase blood pressure, and improve reaction speeds of participants who were told their sugar pill was actually a stimulant. Likewise, the opposite physiological effect was observed when patients were told they were receiving a drug to induce sleep.

In the January 18th, 2007 issue of Time they featured a special issue on the mind. In one of the feature articles Jeffrey Kluger stated: “The 3-lb. lump of wrinkled tissue—with no moving parts, no joints or valves–not only serves as the motherboard for all the body’s other systems but also is the seat of your mind, your thoughts, your sense that you exist at all. You have a liver; you have your limbs. You are your brain.”

Four years earlier in another “Mind and Body” issue of Time (Jan. 20, 2003), staff writer Michael Lemonick noted: “More and more doctors—and patients—recognize that mental states and physical well-being are intimately connected. An unhealthy body can lead to an unhealthy mind, and an illness of the mind can trigger or worsen diseases in the body. Fixing a problem in one place, moreover, can often help the other.” This truth makes it vitally important to soberly consider what we are allowing into our minds.

It is no secret that the power of the mind can result in positive physiological affects. For instance, a study at UCLA focused on people recovering from melanoma surgery. Patients who were provided education on stress management and coping skills and who received an hour and a half of counseling each week for six weeks had almost half the rate of cancer recurrence and a third fewer deaths than other melanoma patients in the next five-year period that followed. It was not a matter of additional medication, but rather it was “mind therapy.”

In another study conducted at the Mount Zion Medical Center in San Francisco, 32 patients with heart disease were analyzed according to daily habits and diet. Thirteen of those patients also exhibited symptoms and signs anxiety or time urgency and they often experienced episodes of decreased supply of blood to the heart muscle. (These episodes are often a precursor to a heart attack.) Ten of 13 patients who presented symptoms of anxiety were given counseling for 14 months. They were encouraged to change elements of their lifestyle, and they did exercises intended to modify their anxiety. After counseling, their anxiety dropped 53% and the blood supply to the heart increased. Patients who did not undergo counseling and change their anxiety did not experience these changes, and they did not see a change in blood flow to the heart.

The power of the mind is real. In fact, a new branch of medicine known as biofeedback has emerged to take advantage of this power. Simply put, biofeedback uses the mind to control the body. Many responses in the body are considered involuntary—however, with proper training an individual can be trained to control responses such as heart rate, blood pressure, pain response, brain activity, muscle tension, anxiety, etc. Patients are given monitoring devices that allow them to recognize and control responses that are normally considered out of human control.

In order to clearly see the power of the mind, consider an example often given by motivational speaker Stephen Covey. He describes being on a subway train being surrounded by several unruly children. After several minutes he recognized his blood pressure was increasing and he was getting upset that the father was not doing anything to control the children. (I imagine most of us have witnessed similar situations.) So he decided to confront the father. It was then that he learned the family had just left the hospital—where the children’s mother had died earlier that day. His feelings toward this situation immediately changed. Instead of being mad or angry he suddenly wanted to reach out and help. Covey deems this change a paradigm shift. It’s a change in one’s mindset. Sometimes we can improve our own situation just by having a change in mindset.

Consider the mindset of a child (or spouse) who continually hears phrases such as:

You can’t.

You’re wasting your time.

You’ll never amount to anything.

You’ll fail.

You haven’t got a chance.

Why even bother?

You’ll never feel better.

What’s the use?

You’ll never win.

These negative suggestions plant powerful seeds in the hearts and minds of young and old alike. Every day you are consciously or subconsciously planting seeds in your mind that, if left undisturbed will germinate into external fruition. A mind constantly inundated with negative suggestions will eventually bear fruit and result in inactivity or an apathetic mindset.

Likewise, a person who constantly hears positive affirmations (e.g., You can do it. You will do great. I believe in you. You will get better) will approach challenges in life with a completely different frame of mind. Ask yourself: Are you constantly bathing your mind in negative thoughts or are you “thinking on these things?” (Philippians 4:8). Furthermore, what messages are your sending to others?

Spend a few minutes focusing on the life of Joseph. This young man was seventeen when we first read about him (Genesis 37:2). He went through all kinds of trials (e.g., sold into slavery by his own brothers, falsely accused of sexual misconduct, thrown into prison, etc.) and yet the Bible repeatedly reminds us that God was with Joseph. Yes, he was in miserable conditions, but he did not allow that to change who he was.

When you woke up this morning what was your approach to the beginning of a new day? Were you thankful to God and ready to tackle the tasks before you? Or did you desire to stay in bed, sorry that you had to get up and start yet another day? God has given each of us 24 hours in each day. We can spend it as happy, hard working servants for Him, or we can focus our mind on daily concerns and negative thoughts. What will you do with the power of your mind?

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