Sandy’s Devotional

DEVOTIONAL

“You are not to boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.” Exodus 23:19

If you come across a bird’s nest beside the road, either in a tree or on the ground, and the mother is sitting on the young or on the eggs, do not take the mother with the young. Deuteronomy 22:6

And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: “When a bull or a sheep or a goat is born, it shall be seven days with its mother; and from the eighth day and thereafter it shall be accepted as an offering made by fire to the LORD, a cow or ewe, do not kill both her and her young on the same day. Leviticus 22:26-28

The God who created all creatures – cares about them. In these scriptures, we see that God wants to instill in man a moral code for consideration of the mother and her offspring. Don’t cook a young goat in its mother’s milk because the milk is the very nourishment of the newborn. That which is created to nourish the newborn should not be the source its death. In kindness and mercy, a mother bird should not see the egg being taken. In kindness and mercy, a mother cow should be allowed to nurse her newborn for the week. How remarkable that God values ALL LIFE – He cares for the animals. How much more HE cares for the preborn children in the womb of their mothers.

“Anyone who takes the Scriptures seriously will acknowledge that God is pro-life. That statement almost seems lame as one considers that apart from God there is no life. God spoke the entire world into existence, He “formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being” (Gen 2:7). I love that phrase: God “breathed into his nostrils.” That is very personal. In all the previous acts of creation God spoke a word and, as theologians say, things appeared ex-nihilo. But when it came to human life, the pinnacle of creation (Psalm 8), God “formed man” with his hands (so to speak) and then “breathed into his nostrils.” At the risk of sounding sentimental, God kissed humanity. Such an intimate act by the Creator should answer all questions about whether human life is more special than all other life forms.“ (Doug Van Meter)