Can't Somebody Fix This?

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One of my favorite shows is Blue Bloods.  There's something about that show that draws me in.  Every once in awhile I'll pick up a line that really strikes me, like this one:

"When you're looking at something big, don't go looking for something bigger."

The idea is that if you have a problem, don't make it worse by imagining worse things.  In fact, here's another quote, this one by the infamous Frank Reagan:

"Sometimes what you imagine is worse than what's actually there."

I wish that were true all of the time, but in reality, sometimes what is actually there can be pretty bad.

Take our news lately.  It is tough to imagine anything worse than what those families in Uvalde Texas (and similar families) have gone through.  It is just too much.  We feel their pain as our compassion rises and we are all connected on a human level.  But in the end, we just want it all to stop.

Never again we shout to the heavens.  Can't somebody fix the problems going on in our country?

Innately we know, don't we, that violence is not what God had planned when he created our first parents in that utopian paradise called the Garden of Eden.  But we live in a physical world where we have the free will to make our choices and we can absolutely mess up God's plan for our happiness.

In Michigan, that is happening now, as our Governor is working so hard to make us an abortion state if Roe vs Wade is overturned.  People argue that you can be against abortion but for choice, but that's not true when the choice being debated is abortion.

You might argue that apples are better than oranges and remain supportive of those who choose oranges, but the same reasoning cannot be applied to a deadly choice such as abortion.

I heard someone proudly defend her abortion choice because the father of her unborn child was abusive to her.  I agree with the Catholic Church that we simply must do better in supporting mothers who must take on difficult challenges, often alone.  But the truth is, in abortion, both the mother and the aborted baby become victims.  Someone wiser than me pointed this out and it makes sense.

If you are (and we all should be) motivated to help women, please go to Walking with Moms in Need to see how you can help "pregnant and parenting women."

Janet Cassidy
janetcassidy.blogspot.com

 

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