I really shouldn't watch the news anymore. I never did until I
started working evening hours for a lady who always has the TV on. It's
less like news and more like pop culture drama, political drama, gay
rights drama, and more drama! The other night it was
be-yourself-love-yourself drama. And it made me sick to my stomach.
A
reporter was interviewing a former stay-at-home mom named Talia who had
left her husband, abandoned her three kids, and moved across the
country, completely changing her lifestyle. Her reasons for doing so
didn't sound justifiable, even in this culture, prompting the reporter
to ask,
"Do you love your children?"
"Absolutely. More than anything."
"More than yourself?"
"Should a mother love her children more than herself?"
I. Was. Flabbergasted.
Should a mother love her children more than herself. Is she serious??
And yet, why should I be surprised by this selfish way of thinking,
since this is exactly the reasoning thousands of moms have every day
when they walk inside an abortion clinic.
The Bible gives us the
opposite advice: "Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in
humility count others more significant than yourselves." (Phil 2:3)
And
Jesus instructed (and Himself lived out) the ultimate definition of
love. Not one promoting self, protecting self, insuring self is #1, or
making self happy. Rather, "Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends." (Jn. 15:13)
True love is self-less.
To answer Miss Talia's comeback question,
"Should a mother love her children more than herself?"
Yes. Or it's not really love.
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