Hello, friends. While I've spent most of today decorating for Christmas, a delightful activity, I'm not going to write about that. Instead I'd like to discuss the shooting that happened on Friday at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs. I'm devastated by this tragedy, and my prayers are with the victims' families and all those who have been affected.
First I'd like to clarify that the police have not released any information about the shooter's motive. However, there has been much speculation. It's widely believed that the shooter was motivated by his anti-abortion political views.
Notice I said anti-abortion, not pro-life. I did that very intentionally. I don't know what made the shooter enter that clinic on Friday, but I know what didn't: pro-life views. No one who is truly pro-life would ever condone such an act, let alone commit it. Murder is the ultimate anti-life act.
I'm not going to lie. I celebrate when I hear that abortion clinics close. That's because I believe that abortion is murder, and I am against murder! But I would never murder someone to make that happen. As Martin Luther King Jr. said, "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."
Our Students for Life shirts my senior year said just that. Love. That's my goal in everything I do: to show the love of Christ to the world. That's the way things can change. Love. Not hate. Not murder. Hate and murder never go along with the cause of a true pro-lifer. Love is my goal. I hope it's yours too. If it is, let's combine forces, pray for these victims, and change the world - one act of love at a time.
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