The least of our bretheren

Gn 2:4b-9
At the time when the LORD God made the earth and the heavens while as yet there was no field shrub on earth and no grass of the field had sprouted, for the LORD God had sent no rain upon the earth and there was no man to till the soil, but a stream was welling up out of the earth and was watering all the surface of the ground the LORD God formed man out of the clay of the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life,and so man became a living being.

I was reminded of an old joke today. A scientist says to God, "You're not so great. I can also create a man." God says, "Ok, prove it." The scientist reaches for a lump of clay, and God says, "Uh-uh. Make your own dirt."

We've become so proud of ourselves. We can clone animals (can human beings be far behind?). We have the "choice" to determine who lives and who dies. We've made it legal in some states (Oregon and Florida come to mind) to end the lives of those who are a burden. We create lives in a test-tube solely to destroy the life to harvest the stem cells that have no more value than adult stem cells that we can get without destroying life. We have determined in some of the more "open-minded" states that homosexuals should be allowed the SACRAMENT of marriage, even though there is no possible way for that "union" to procreate, as God has commanded us. Some of our government leaders have now gone on record to say the contraception will help the economy by lessening the burden on the already overtaxed citizen. To paraphrase catholic (small 'c') House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, "How will we ever afford health care for everyone if the population keeps growing? Oh, woe is us!" Please pray long and hard for her soul, and the souls of all the other politicians who share her views. Let's ask God to show them the light of His Truth, and soon.

There was another time in history when mankind was this proud of themselves.

Gn 11:1-8
The whole world spoke the same language, using the same words. While men were migrating in the east, they came upon a valley in the land of Shinar and settled there. They said to one another, "Come, let us mold bricks and harden them with fire." They used bricks for stone, and bitumen for mortar. Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the sky, and so make a name for ourselves; otherwise we shall be scattered all over the earth." LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the men had built. Then the LORD said: "If now, while they are one people, all speaking the same language, they have started to do this, nothing will later stop them from doing whatever they presume to do. Let us then go down and there confuse their language, so that one will not understand what another says." Thus the LORD scattered them from there all over the earth, and they stopped building the city.

Almost seems like we've come full-circle, doesn't it? Only the next time, we won't be scattered. We'll be gathered unto Christ where he will separate the goats from the sheep.

Mt 25:31-46
Jesus said to his disciples: "When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him,he will sit upon his glorious throne, and all the nations will be assembled before him. And he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will place the sheep on his right and the goats on his left. Then the king will say to those on his right,'Come, you who are blessed by my Father. Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food,I was thirsty and you gave me drink,
a stranger and you welcomed me, naked and you clothed me, ill and you cared for me,
in prison and you visited me.' Then the righteous will answer him and say, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? When did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? When did we see you ill or in prison, and visit you?' And the king will say to them in reply, 'Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.'
Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the Devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, a stranger and you gave me no welcome, naked and you gave me no clothing, ill and in prison, and you did not care for me.' Then they will answer and say, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty
or a stranger or naked or ill or in prison, and not minister to your needs?' He will answer them, 'Amen, I say to you, what you did not do for one of these least ones,
you did not do for me.' And these will go off to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life."

Who are the "least of our bretheren" if not the unborn child or the elderly? Certainly the poor of the world are included in this, and we must take responsibility for them, as well. But NOT at the expense of the unborn or the "inconvenient".