Posted by
Barb1 on Friday, March 27, 2009 12:00:00 AM
I came across an interesting news article this morning and
must admit, it initially gave me a sense of macabre satisfaction of divine
justice wrought huge. It has come to light that the owner of the
Family Planning Associates seventeen California abortion clinics (which are one
of the world’s largest abortion businesses,) Irving Feldkamp, is the father and
grandfather of the nine family members who perished in a Montana plane crash
last week. You may never hear this in
the pro-abortion news media.
The plane came to rest in a cemetery, right near a memorial
to the unborn victims of abortion. You
can’t write fiction like that! Such divine irony! It recalls the famous, oft-used line of the
Beatrice Arthur character, Maude, “God'll getcha for that!” The human part of my heart says, “That’s what
happens when you defy God!,” but then I let the spiritual part of my heart
say, “But what does God think of this?”
Please don’t get me wrong.
I have nothing but sympathy for the Feldkamp’s and all of the friends
and family of the fourteen victims. It is said in
life that sometimes God has to do something big and rash to get our attention
and shake us out of complacency with the world.
In my life, I have always looked at tragedies and traumas to find the
message and wisdom that God wants me to learn.
Sometimes it is the only way to deal with such things.
I do hope and pray that the surviving grandparents take a
look at their lives and what they earn their living from and are careful not to
couch it in worn out news-speak terms of “providing a needed health service,
it’s a clump of cells, a woman’s right, strictly a business investment, etc.”
mentality. Hopefully this loss will lead
them through much soul searching to the Giver of Life, the God of Second Chances. It is a horrible way to be awakened. I can’t think of a harsher action to jolt
someone’s philosophy than that of a burning plane filled with loved ones.
Did God do this? I
don’t know and it is not my place to say.
It certainly is one of those times when we should take stock of
ourselves and where we stand with the Lord.
He is a forgiving and loving God and is just waiting for our acceptance
of Him.
I pray the Feldkamps take Him up on it. It is never too late as long as we are breathing. For as Jesus commanded Paul on the Damascus Road: “You will open their eyes
and turn them from darkness to light, and from Satan’s control to God’s. Then they will receive forgiveness for their
sins and a share among God’s people who are made holy by believing in Me.” (Acts 26:18 God’s Word Translation)
May the Feldkamps find peace in our Lord. There is hope. Just ask Bernard Nathanson…