value of life...

what would you say is the value of a life...

here is what is so amazing about people... we kill every day and think nothing of it... many people kill with guns or their hands.. some people kill through abortion.. many times parents force this on their children thinking they are doing the right thing for them, then the child suffers the mental anguish for the rest of their lives... although many don't want to feel that is murder.. the bible says that only God has power over life and death...

yet when someone in our lives dies... we act like the world ended... after many of us have killed repeatedly... how do we determine what is a life to save and what is a life to kill...

many of us believe in the death penalty... didn't God say, an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.. didn't the bible tell of the many times that a man should be killed by stoning or whatever for his deeds or rebellion... again... how do we determine what is a life to save and what is a life to kill...

what about those people who desire to die.. think repeatedly about killing themselves.. because they are overwhelmed... or they feel unworthy... or they feel unloveable... or they feel to tired to go on... what is it inside them that causes them to not see how much God loves them..

why can we not understand that EVERY life is a gift from God.. not every person serves God.. not every person does what is right and pure and good.. does that make God value them less... the bible says that God looks not upon the countenance of a man.. but upon the heart of a man... many people who we would consider evil or unrighteous have a good heart... some of the purest hearts I have ever seen have never been within the church walls.. many drug dealers have a pure heart... a servants heart... many of them give money to fatherless children.. to women who are raising children without a man to help... does this make them a worth less person because they have been shown that street money is easier than job money... is their serving worth less than that of a man or woman who goes to church..

only God can determine the value of a life...