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Dear Lighthouse Trails:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I was so upset after looking at the recent Planned Parenthood undercover videos<\/a> of dismembered babies, I jotted down the following. Why can’t we see these are human beings made in the image of God and are precious? I just don’t know what to do except to say “The Lord rebuke them.”<\/p>\n

Disgusted in Illinois, Jeri<\/p>\n

DID YOU SEE?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Did you see those little fingers?
\nDid you see that little arm?
\nDid you see that tiny heart so carefully removed,
\nthe liver, and the lungs?<\/p>\n

Did you hear God\u2019s sobs?
\nDid you see His loving tears?
\nDid you feel His righteous indignation
\nWhen they dismembered the little parts He was knitting together?
\nEach was sold for filthy lucre.<\/p>\n

Every life is precious to God,
\nEvery little babe in the womb
\nIs fearfully and wonderfully made.
\nThat<\/em> my soul knows right well.<\/p>\n

Thine eyes did see his substance,
\nYet being not fully formed, and in Thy book
\nAll his little members were written,
\nWhich in continuance were fashioned,
\nWhen as yet there was none of them.<\/p>\n

How precious are Thy thoughts unto the little ones,
\nHow great is the sum of them.
\nIf we should count them,
\nThey are more in number than the sand.<\/p>\n

Surely Thou wilt slay the wicked, O God.
\nThey shall be turned into hell,
\nAnd all the nations that forget God
\nFor the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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