"TODAY is My 67th GENday" - by Stan M. Yonashiro, Sept. 19, 2017 [NOTE: This is basically a re-posting of what I first wrote on my GENday in 2012. But because I have made numerous editing changes this year, I will go ahead and count this as a new post.]
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?
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 40 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've also helped raise funds for more than about two dozen times for local pregnancy resource centers as well as speak out for Life in verbal and non-verbal (I will rarely be found not wearing a pin with the image of the feet of a 10-week old unborn baby) ways 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 esp. 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).Yes, this does then make me 9 months older than if I were just marking my birthdays, a thought that some might not want to think about.
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?
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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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