Proverbs 24:11 says "rescue those being led away to death; hold back those staggering toward slaughter."
If you are considering homeschooling or already educating your children at home, I want to challenge you to observe the 35th anniversary of the infamous Roe v. Wade decision this week by trying to save a life of a baby. Make it a family project – get some literature from the nearest pro-life group or pro-life pregnancy center and hand it out as a family while you stand on the sidewalk outside the local abortion clinic.
Or have your family prayer time there. And why not practice reading out loud by reading the Word of God as a family on the sidewalk outside the local Planned Parenthood, the largest baby killing machine in the country?
In fact, why not make it a homeschool "assignment" for your family to try to save the life of at least one unborn child in 2008? I know that so many mothers of young children have a past – a past that includes one or more abortions. Now that you are walking with Jesus Christ, now that He has given you a chance to instruct the next generation, why not train your children to be "life savers"? Homeschooling them does not guarantee they won’t get an abortion; they need to know what God says about hurting the innocent and they need to be part of His life saving work.
If you really want pro-life children, I mean children who not only will protect your future grandkids from abortion, but also vote pro-life and work to end abortion in the land, get them involved in peacefully praying, saving lives and witnessing on the sidewalk of an abortion clinic. It was, in fact, the many homeschool families I met in pro-life that convinced me homeschooling was the way to go ( my husband was convinced a long time ago to homeschool by having gone to public school) .
Seeing the homeschooled children fearlessly standing for the least of these really touched my heart in a way I will never forget. It is so cool to be a homeschool mom now and see my kids being part of that legacy.
Having been a pro-life sidewalk counselor for 21 years, I can tell you sidewalk counseling is easier to do than most people think. My husband and I have trained sidewalk counselors in the past and we can tell you that it is not really what you say that counts as much as how much you pray. Some of the most effective sidewalk counselors quietly pray, and just politely hand out the literature to the women entering the abortion mill.
If you need information on sidewalk counseling, check out the resources at www.sidewalkcounseling.com and if you live in Southern California, they will be having a sidewalk counseling training session on March 1 with the theme "Save a Life in 2008".