{"id":238209,"date":"2021-01-17T13:21:51","date_gmt":"2021-01-17T19:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=238209"},"modified":"2021-01-16T13:00:40","modified_gmt":"2021-01-16T19:00:40","slug":"changing-culture-power-one-voice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/changing-culture-power-one-voice\/","title":{"rendered":"Changing the culture starts with the power of one voice"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(Amanda Ladwig<\/a>)\u00a0I\u2019ve made a choice for life and made a choice for death. The circumstances surrounding both situations were almost identical.\u00a0 What was the difference? What stopped me from keeping my appointment to have an abortion?<\/p>\n

In truth? One voice.<\/p>\n

When the world around me was shouting their version of the truth and telling me that a pregnancy would ruin my career and destroy relationships, declaring that a child would prevent me from achieving my goals, one voice spoke the truth.<\/p>\n

It is easy to grow weary as we fight against this culture of death.\u00a0 We battle against ideologies that burden us with the unrealistic tasks of self-creation and self-love. We war against philosophies that tell us a woman\u2019s life is of more value than the life she carries in her womb. We continually push back against the belief that the elderly, sick, or people with disabilities are of less worth.<\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0The fight against abortion will be long and hard, but we must press on to victory<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Sadly, we live in a culture that often only applies value to a life based on its net worth or capability, rather than the fact that each human, regardless of age or ability, is an image-bearer, fearfully, and wonderfully made.\u00a0 It seems as if we are involved in a never-ending high stakes game of \u201cwhack-a-mole,\u201d reacting and trying to disprove every single lie that pops up and seems to dictate the truth of our culture.<\/p>\n

For those fighting against this current, it may seem futile. It may seem like the lies are louder than the truth. But, it is the seemingly small things, the diligent prayers, and stalwart faithfulness of those who know and speak the truth that will change lives.<\/p>\n