Advent 2012

Photo by nz willowherb

Advent has arrived
With blustery winds
And driving rain.

Cold pierces the body

And scenes of avarice pierce the soul.
Winter,

The season of
Our savior's birth
And our celebration.
December 25 will come.
That day
Nine months since his conception, 
The same day and month
On which he died.
Now we wait in anticipation,
As the world waited long ago,
 Bethlehem flickers in the distance. 
Come,
Prepare the way for the Lamb of God.

Life Begins

When does life begin?
This question defines our age.
Do we protect a fertilized egg
With all the might of government?
Do we wait until that egg
Implants in a woman's womb
To provide the protection of the law?
The psalmist tells us
God knit us together in our mother's womb.
If that is true, then life cannot begin in a petri dish.
Science tells half of all fertilized eggs do not implant.
If a soul is present when sperm meets egg,
Then half of all souls are lost before they can live.
I do not believe the Creator is so capricious.
I must believe that life begins within a woman.
Without the union of fertilized egg and womb,
There is only tissue.
When life begins,
Then science and faith must unite
To protect God's most precious gift.

Photo by Clearly Ambiguous