formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in
my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am…wonder-
fully made” (Psalm 139:13-14).
Since God values human life so highly, he wanted us
to have meaningful lives. That’s why when God’s Son,
Jesus, was here on earth, he said, “I came that [those
who know me] may have life and have it abundantly”
(John 10:10). But God’s creative intent for the first
humans was “aborted” by their distrust and rebellion
against their Maker (Genesis 3). For that they lost the
meaningful lives God had intended. And the behavior
that spawned their sin against God has passed down
from generation to generation ever since.
That’s why Jesus Christ stepped into human his-
tory. He became one of us to fulfill God’s intentions
for mankind. Then he offered himself as our sinless
substitute, taking the punishment our sins deserved.
It was our only way out. Christ “suffered once for
sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might
bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh” (1
Peter 3:18). Then he came back to life three days later
as he had promised—“I lay down my life that I might
take it up again” (John 10:17).
By believing God that Jesus’ death is the absolute
payment for our debt of sins, we can have forgive-
ness of our sins and a new life through Christ. “For
if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God
by the death of his Son, much more, now that we
are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life” (Romans
5:10). That comes by turning from all other “ways”
to God and instead placing your trust completely
in Christ’s death for you. To those who do, Christ
himself said, “everyone who looks on the Son and
believes in him should have eternal life, and I will
raise him up on the last day” (John 6:40).
Human life is worth valuing because it is valuable to
God. That makes life worth celebrating! Even better
is finding the eternal meaning of life through believ-
ing in Jesus Christ. Come to him today for forgive-
ness and celebrate eternal life!
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L I F E
for help. The difficult months that followed ended
with two final months of bedrest. Then, on August
14, 1987, a healthy (though somewhat malnour-
ished) baby boy—Timothy Richard Tebow—was safely
delivered!
If you’ve ever watched 6’3”, 235-pound Tim Tebow
play for the University of Florida football team, you
know it’s hard to imagine he was ever the outcome of
a troubled pregnancy! But what if his
mother had chosen to abort him?
Would another college sopho-
more ever be awarded the Heis-
man Trophy, as Tim was? Would
a college quarterback ever set the
record for both rushing and passing
for 20 touchdowns in a single season? Only Tim has
so far.
But even if he had never played a single football
game, Tim’s story needs to be told in our day of
“cheap life” and “disposable pregnancies.” The first
babies aborted in 1973, when abortion become legal
in the US, would have been 37 in 2010—in the prime
of their lives. But we’ll never know what would have
become of the 52 million American babies aborted
since then. As newspaper sports writer Sally Jenkins
says, “Abortion doesn’t just involve serious issues of
life, but of potential lives—Heisman trophy winners,
scientists, doctors, artists, inventors, Little Leagu-
ers—who would never come to be if their birth moth-
ers had not wrestled with the stakes and chosen to
carry those lives to term.”
Pam Tebow had a medical “reason” to abort. But
most abortions are for “convenience” and have
nothing to do with medical emergencies. It has
been said that we
live in a world
that knows the
cost of everything,
but the value of
nothing. An average
early abortion generally costs $375 to $500, but the
amazing, tiny human who is aborted is treated with
no more value than the biomedical waste it’s inciner-
ated with.
Thankfully, God values life. In the Bible the writ-
er David celebrated life this way, “For you [God]
Perhaps you saw the “Celebrate family, cel-
ebrate life!” ad during Super Bowl XLIV, fea-
turing Tim and Pam Tebow. Weeks before its 30
seconds of air time, the ad had caused a wide range of
intense emotions! Those “opposed” considered it “of-
fensive and demeaning.” Those “in favor” rejoiced that
its message would promote the value of life and family
on the world’s largest media stage! What caused such a
stir? The simple story of a mother who chose to keep
her unborn baby rather than to abort him.
In the 1980s Bob and Pam Tebow had moved to
the Philippines with their young family. Months
later, Pam became infected with dangerous patho-
genic amoebae and slipped into
a coma. Strong medications
turned her condition around,
but while on extended treatment,
Pam became pregnant. Knowing
the potent drugs could have al-
ready killed the embryo, doctors
recommended an abortion.
Instead Pam chose to discontinue her treatments in
hope of saving her baby’s life. She and Bob asked God
Tim’s story
needs to be told
in our day of “cheap
life” and “disposable
pregnancies.”
Celebrate LifeIn 1987 Pam Tebow chose not to abort her “at risk” pregnancy. Her baby—Tim--grew up to be an All American quarterback! Their story celebrates God’s value of life—human and
