Your Life Means More
I read a short article, this morning, from a fellow musician who wants to motivate others. One of the main lines in the article said, “You matter. You matter. You matter.” I wonder if she even understands why she wrote it three times? But that’s something else I’ll talk about some other time. The point is…she’s right. You DO matter. Your life means more than anything else you have, or had, or ever will have. Because it came from God.
You’ve probably read or heard reports talking about the higher and higher rates of suicide among teenagers. And the frequent stories about how many military veterans kill themselves are gut-wrenching to say the least. By the way, if you or someone you care about, are contemplating taking your own life, I urge you to read “Teardrops That Tango“. It’s written by a woman who’s dealt with four family suicides and witnessed a violent suicide. It can help.
But contrast all those suicides against stories like Jeremiah Thomas. He was a 16 year old young man who just lost a valiant fight with cancer. And he fought for every day of life he could muster…even though the odds were against him. What’s the difference between Jeremiah and all those other people who decide to end their own lives. I believe it’s that he understood…
Your life means more than that because it’s not your own.
You and I wouldn’t even be here if a living, loving Creator didn’t exist. Evolution says dirt created itself and that everything has been getting more and more complex ever since. Well, evolution is partly right. (gasp!) We ARE made of dirt. But the secret ingredient for our existence isn’t billions of years. It’s the breath of life from God.
We all became “a living being” because God is creative, loving, and wants to have a relationship with us. He is able to make us live. Forever. And because you’re alive, you owe a debt of gratitude to Him.
But too many people thumb their noses at God and take life into their own hands. Suicide. Murder. Abortion.
Suicide is presented as a viable “way out” in movies, TV, and other media. Murder is like a giant video game, played out daily, on the streets. And ending the life of a little baby in the womb is called “your right”.
You and I don’t have the “right” to take the life of an innocent person. Whether that’s our neighbors, our babies, or even ourselves. There’s no excuse good enough to justify it. And there’s no reason strong enough to commit it. Not pain. Or guilt. Not financial burdens. Or even life-threatening diseases.
Your life means more than what’s on your plate today.
I’m always talking about life, here on my website, on my podcast, and my other social media channels because I want you to see the big picture. You’re an eternal being. You were made in the image and likeness of God. And if that’s not true, then ultimately no one needs to worry about or cry over lost lives.
But if it IS true, (hint: it is) then your life means more than any problems you’re facing right now. And every human life is more precious than any other thing on Earth.
Right To Life
When tiny seeds take root in tiny eggs,
Then you get tiny eyes, ears, arms and legs.
Then tiny babies form inside their mother’s womb,
And then the human life begins to bloom.
I was an unborn child until the day I was born.
I lived inside my mom until the cord was torn.
Then I began to grow and grew up “big and strong”
And learned to cherish life…and so I sing this song.
Everyone has a right to life.
A gift from God before it even starts.
Everyone has a right to life.
Your right is wrong when it stops innocent hearts…
Innocent hearts deserve a right to life.
(Repeat)
When you’re born, and someone lets you live,
You only take cause you’re too small to give.
But the joy a tiny baby brings
Is way beyond all those other things.
Give yourself some room to think about
What your “right”might do…who you’re leaving out.
Put yourself right there in that baby’s place.
Either way you “choose”you’ll see a baby’s face.
Everyone has a right to life.
A gift from God before it even starts.
Everyone has a right to life.
Your right is wrong when it stops innocent hearts.
(Repeat…modulate up then repeat twice more)
Let’s defend the innocent and life.
© 2008 Tony Funderburk
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