The Hebrew word for mercy is "Rachamim". In the Book of Exodus, we learn of
God's merciful nature when introduced to Moses: "And the LORD passed by
before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious,
long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth."
(Exodus 34:6)
"Rachamim" is built from the root, rechem, which means, "womb" The word, mercy,
broken down from Hebrew, means, "womb-love"-the fierce, protective love that a
mother feels for the child she is carrying. That is the picture that God gives when
He introduces Himself to Moses and describes His own heart." -Daniel Cohen
The political Far Left in America has declared an all out war on the unborn.
Advocating the murder of children, mainly through abortion, while calling it
a "choice" "merciful", even "a human right"; thus echos the words
of Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger who once said:
"The most merciful thing that a large family does to one
of its infant members is to kill it."
In a recent article for Harbinger's Daily, Messianic Jewish believer and
talk show host Daniel Cohen expressed his deep concern for the distortion
of the concept of mercy within American society today.
He mentions remarks made by Anne Hathaway, one of highest-paid actors in
Hollywood, when she appeared on the talk show, "The View" a few years ago.
"When you are a young woman starting out your career, your reproductive
destiny matters a great deal," Hathaway said. My own personal experience
with abortion-and I don't think we talk about this enough...abortion can be
another word for mercy."
In the aftermath of the Lindsay Clancy case, a Massachusetts woman recently on trial,
accused of strangling to death her three young children, allegedly due to severe postpartum
depression, a clip of Hathaway's shocking statement has recently gone viral again.
So have a number of disturbing videos posted to social media showing women
holding plastic baby dolls, making a joke about harming their own children-
throwing fake babies over banisters, or off an overpass onto a busy highway,
bashing baby dolls' heads into doorposts, or casually tossing them into dryers
and dishwashers. Cohen reports that one of the videos depicting the harming
of infants reads..."postpartum depression got me like..."
Image courtesy/New York Post
Like Lindsay Clancy? While I know that many women can and do suffer from
bouts of depression after giving birth, why has this clearly disturbed woman,
suddenly become a cause celebre with hundreds of women supporters lining the
street outside the courthouse, wearing pink, and declaring, "We Are All Lindsay"
as the defendant was being led into the building to stand trial?
A mistrial was declared after jurors failed to reach a unanimous verdict.
"Lindsay Clancy is responsible for the death of her children. End of story. Full stop,"
writes Daniel Cohen. No one else is responsible. No one disputes the fact pattern.
Even her attorneys don't dispute she strangled her three children. The only question
that is being litigated is whether we are still allowed to call it "Murder".
"Our society has rejected God and distorted the picture of His mercy," he continues.
That's how we got here. That's why women, consumed with a "loss of natural
affection" and inverted "mercy" are increasingly celebrating the murder of children."
In our nation today, where governors of certain states have added their signatures
to legislation allowing women to abort their children right up until the time of
birth, or be allowed to have a 'partial-birth' abortion, the absurdity of redefining
the deliberate and willful taking of human life as "mercy" instead of "murder"
does not really surprise me. But when I look at the three beautiful, innocent
babies in the picture above, whose lives were taken so cruelly, and for whom
no justice has been served, it breaks my heart.
