#2797 (9/19) "TODAY Is My 69th GENday"

  "TODAY Is My 69th GENday" - by Stan M. Yonashiro, Sept. 19, 2019 

[NOTE: This is basically a re-posting of what I first wrote on my GENday in 2012. ]     

Never heard that term before? Well, I first came up with the term around my birthday in 2012. 
So what do I mean by a GENday?

    

     Well, if you know anything about me, you probably know that I am MOST passionate about the on-going American Holocaust against the unborn conducted through abortion for more than 30 years now. I've spoken out for the sanctity of human life and against abortion in various forums since 1989, the year I risked getting arrested for blocking the entrance to 7 different abortion clinics and spent 3 days in jail for one of those actions. (I described that in 2 previous blogs.) 

      I also start EVERY morning praying for the approx. 3,000  girls and women who are scheduled to have abortions THAT day, that they would each have a dream or a vision that reveals that their unborn is not a collectionn of dead cells but a living baby, that each would thereby develop a mother's love for their child that enables them to resist the pressure of husbands, boyfriends, family members, and friends who may be pressuring them to abort their child.

     I've also helped raise funds for  about two dozen times for local pregnancy resource centers as well as speak out for Life in verbal and non-verbal ways  (I will rarely be found not wearing a pin with the image of the feet of a 10-week old unborn baby AND have a good number of pro-life T-shirts.) that I wear every chance I get. 

     Several years ago, I read an article that made aware that we actually celebrate the birth of Jesus – Christmas – but that in reality that’s NOT when God actually entered our world physically as a human being. Think about it. Jesus actually came into our world the day he was CONCEIVED in Mary’s womb. (How wild is it to realize that technically the Son of God dwelled  inutero for 9 months?) And so, in truth, we should be celebrating the day He was conceived, NOT the day He was born, because by then He had already been in our world for around 9 months!

     It's incredible to realize that if Jesus had entered the world  today, as an "unplanned pregnancy;" he could have been aborted. (Recall that Mary became pregnant before she was married to Joseph and so to those who didn't except the explanation that she was conceived by the Holy Spirit Jesus was an illegitimate pregnancy.) But in the Jewish society of over 2,000 years ago, they knew that the unborn was a person, that it was a  precious life even without sonograms. (Note the reference to "the baby" in Elizabeth's womb in Luke 1:41.) Sadly, too many today abort their unborn children because they are somehow convinced that the unborn is not really a person until they are born.

     Because life DOES begin at conception – as the Bible, and now sonograms, make clear – I believe that especially we who are pro-life need to regularly note not just our BIRTHdays but also the day we were conceived. By doing this, we remind the world that the day of our conception is when life begins, and that therefore it is from THAT day that all life  becomes too precious to be considered aborting.

      But then, don't most people not know the exact day day that they were conceived? Well, I believe that we can presume that we were each conceived approximately 9 months previous to our birth day - or the date 3 months after our birthday. And so, since my  birth-day is June 19th, my day of conception would have been around Sept. 19th the previous year. 

     Then, why call it a person’s "GENday"? Well, I’ve long been trying to figure out what to call that anniversary of my day of conception. I've finally decided that since Genesis in the Bible is called the “book of beginnings," GENday (a shortened form of "Genesis Day") would be a good term for  the day each of our lives actually began! 

     And so, since 2012, I've begun to celebrate my GENday, Sept. 19th as well as celebrate my birthday.  I will always be thankful to my Mom for giving birth to me. But I also  want to help others note that each life begins at conception - not on the day of our birth - and that therefore each life needs to regarded as sacred and protected from that day. 

     Will the idea of celebrating our GENday ever catch on with those who profess to be pro-life? Well, I’d like to believe it might, at least I pray it might. If YOU consider yourself pro-life, will YOU consider celebrating YOUR GENday from now on? Of course, you would still be free to ALSO celebrate your BIRTHday. So, actually, celebrating  your GENday will give you another day to PARTY each year. Now,  is there any of us that cannot use another reason to celebrate something each year?  Cool, huh? 

       I know... you might be thinking that this is a bit much. But then, I think it's a simple way for all who say they stand for the sanctity of all unborn life, to help the world to understand this Biblical –as well as scientific – truth that life begins at conception, not birth. 

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"We Must Reawaken Society’s Appreciation of Unborn Babies Killed in Abortions" -  Maria Gallagher, Sept. 15, 2015| http://www.lifenews.com/2015/09/15/we-must-reawaken-societys-appreciation-of-unborn-babies-killed-in-abortions/

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PRAYER MATTERS:

"To clasp the hands in prayer is the beginning of an uprising against the disorder of the world. -  Karl Barth

"Prayer is inviting God into a seemingly impossible situation and trusting/resting in His love and grace to accomplish His perfect will in His perfect time and for His greatest glory. Intercession is  one of the great privileges AND responsibilities for EVERY believer."- Stan

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