On April 18th at Alpharetta High School, Mission: Life Alpharetta hosted the first annual Laps for Life event for A Beacon of Hope pregnancy center. The event hosted over 50 participants and over 75 people attended throughout the day. Together we raised over $1,300 and counting. Our actions will touch lives, save children, and, best of all, it will help to restore some respect and love for life. Thank you to everyone who participated in the event or gave a donation to the cause. We have achieved something admirable and this is only the beginning.
Last Thursday, over 5500 people gathered in front of the Georgia Capitol building in order to pay a memorial to the 50 million lost to abortion since its legalization in 1973. ALthough everyone raised a different banner and preached in a different manner, the theme was the same and the message was true: abortion is our greatest problem in our society and we must take up the cause with each passing generation. As a youth, I realize that my generation is the future of life. We will decide who lives and who dies. We will decided the conditions in which people live, the jobs they work, the future they can have. How can we decide such great things if we don't even have a consensus on the very question of the abstract theme of life itself? It is our responsibility to raise the truth of life high and to never let it fall. We must never allow apathy to obstruct, and ultimately destroy our goal of a future in which all life is respect. A future in which all life is valuable. A future in which all people are loved. Love, facts, and perseverance are the only keys to success. May they not be placed in our hands in vain.
All over the United States, thousands of citizens chose to honor the 50,000,000 aborted children since 1973 by remaining silent. Some individuals have questioned the effectiveness of the day of silence. While I participated in this solemn event, I heard some of my fellow students declare, "You are not making a difference by being silent. Abortion won't change just because you won't speak." These naysayers do not realize the essence of the Day of Silence nor its quiet power: the truth that sometimes silence can be more deafening than speech. Our silence provoked students such as these to think about abortion and to discuss it. Everywhere I went today, kids stopped and stared, or made a comment, or asked me what I was doing. My silence made the issue of abortion an unavoidable topic in my school and that is the purpose of the Day of Silence. Abortion will not change in this country unless people will change and become serious about legal protection of unborn children. This can only be achieved through a change of heart, a change in social values, not political regime.
Continue to speak out, and when appropriate, be silent for the 50,000,000 aborted children. Change minds through deep conviction and passion. Stand strong.
