Insightful Musings on the Scriptures
by
Raymond P. Sparre
Northwest University class of '67
Greetings, dear people.
Whew! Big day! And it’s not over with yet. The little boys were just picked up. That was after our return from the airport where we picked up our granddaughter, Joanna, flying in from New York. She wants to check out some Oregon colleges. A friend is with her…Emily. She’ll be doing the same.
Oops! I failed to get back to my brother. Today is his birthday. I think he’s hit 73. Wow! I’m not that far behind.
Among other things I did a round of sawmilling…cutting up several logs as part of a special cut list for a building project. Some of the timbers are 6”x14”x20’—quite big sticks.
My eye’s keep shutting on me. Good night.
Love, Dad/Ray.
Another way to say this could go like this: “You designed and created all the thinking functions of my psychological being. And by means of the mind-boggling miracle of procreation, You assembled all the essential substances, parts, and pieces to form me in the quiet comfortable crafting studio which You also created—my mother’s womb.” How can anyone possibly resonate with this statement of perspective and attitude and then walk away to do life with an attitude of arrogance?
If it is true that the Sovereign Creator, with nothing more than mindless dirt mixed with His Spirit, crafted my psychological apparatus, doesn’t it follow that He would also know what is required to make it all work right? Is there something wrong with my own psychological processing that makes me want to shout the answer, YES!? My processing of His Word leads me to identify that essential requirement. It’s been there since the beginning—hidden in plain view. Many of us have heard it up one side and down the other. Yet it can still be practically hidden if not personally and practically implemented and incorporated into every crook and cranny of our personal psychology. So what is that core essential? It’s nothing short of the first command—simply put, LOVING GOD PASSIONATELY. Taking it all in makes me want to shout again—so I will. And to avoid the appearance of shouting with arrogance, I’ll direct the shout toward myself. WHO IN THE WORLD DO I THINK I AM TO THINK I CAN VIOLATE OR TAKE EXCEPTION WITH GOD’S PREMIER COMMAND AND STILL COME OUT THE WINNER? It seems most appropriate to answer that question with, DUH!
Back to the ideas contained in the FOCUS VERSE, let me offer some of my reasoning. The fact of a living breathing organism of any kind is a God thing. The amazing functions of human cognition and psychology is a God thing. The entire scope of intercourse, conception, and procreation is a God thing. The incredible workings of human DNA that provides the blueprint for a new person is a God thing. So what kind of a thing is ABORTION? I have to conclude that it’s a diabolical evil thing. And the arrogant notion that attempts to class it as part of a person’s “reproductive rights” is also a form of diabolical evil. I would be scared to think of it any other way. It is no different than the unthinkable atrocity mentioned in 137:8-9.
Please resonate with David’s awesome expression of awe—“I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be” (139:14-16).