My original plan was to start off with a controversial topic. Why? Because that’s what came to my mind first that restless night and I couldn’t avoid it just because it’s controversial. After experiencing that “God Moment” it had to come first so this one got delayed. Now it’s time to tackle it.

Anyone who knows me or has read my Facebook page know that I am strongly Pro-Life. So why this title? Because at one time that’s the way it was. If I was musing during my early “junior” years I would have said that I am against abortion, but I’m for the woman’s right to choose. It wasn’t a topic I thought about much, but over the course of a few years I came to realize that belief was an oxymoron. One cannot be against abortion yet for the woman’s right to choose. One is either for abortion or against it. For life or against it. There’s no middle ground. I had to make a choice. I chose life! The life of babies! The life of the elderly! The life of the physically/mentally challenged! The sanctity of all life!

My first foray in the Pro-Life movement was involvement with “Life Chain.” It was a new organization at that time. It started in the late 1980’s and continues to this day (lifechain.net). Life Chains are held the first Sunday in October. People hold pro-life signs along major roadways and also spend the time praying. I was involved with this group for several years.

During this time I advocated for life by writing a pro-life poem and mailing copies to my Senators and Representatives along with a letter in support of pro-life. I have a copy of the poem somewhere. When I find it I’ll post it in a future blog.

Even though for awhile I wasn’t active in the Pro-Life movement, I still believed in the sanctity of all life

In the mid 2000’s I again became actively involved in the Pro-Life movement by volunteering at a crisis pregnancy center doing office work and answering the phone. My time with the center ended when the center closed.

During the 2010’s I became involved with the West Pasco Pregnancy Center, http://pascopregnancy.com, and promoting pro-life on Facebook. In a future blog I’ll share more about what services are provided by the pregnancy center and the ways to support it. I also participated in several Walk for Life. http://www.newlifesolutions.org/walkforlife

There are many different ways to make a stand for life.

I’m for the sanctity of ALL life!

Psalm 139:13-14 For you created my inmost being;
    you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
    your works are wonderful,
    I know that full well.

I was going to have a totally different topic as my next blog but I had to write about the God moment that occurred this morning.

Before I left home this morning for some reason I took a few dollars in coins from the coin bucket to buy a drink. I don’t know why because I don’t drink sodas and very rarely use a vending machine. But nevertheless I put the change in my pocket book.

When I was coming up to our store a young teen on a bicycle approached me asking if I had any change to buy something to drink. He wanted to buy an Arizona Tea. I knew then why I grabbed the coins. It wasn’t for me. It was for him. I told him that I had just grabbed some coins this morning from our change bucket and would give them to him.

But I couldn’t leave it at that. I had to find out why this polite, young teen wasn’t in school. So I started to ask him some questions. It turns out that this is only his third time skipping. I had to make sure he wasn’t skipping because he was being bullied. That’s not why he’s skipping. It’s because school is borrr-ing.

I asked him what he wanted to do with his life – graduate and get a job. I asked him some questions: “How?” “How can you do that if you skip school?” “Do you want to end up homeless and living in the woods because you don’t have a job?” He doesn’t want a life like that.

I talked to him about how it seems like it’s going to be a long time before he reaches adulthood. I understood because I was once in 7th grade. But here I am nearly 65 and the years have flown by fast. The years are going to fly by fast for him too. So make use of them.

I encouraged him to buy his soft drink, then go to school and also find a teacher that he could talk to.

I told him that I would pray for him. I have prayed for him and will continue to pray.

It wasn’t by happenstance that we met. It was a God moment.

I’ve been wanting to write a blog for awhile but just hadn’t taken the initiative to start one. Why? Was it fear of going outside my comfort zone? Fear of no one reading it? Fear of writing? Fear of people disagreeing?

Sunday night I woke up in the middle of the night and couldn’t get back to sleep. As I laid awake I thought of Sunday’s sermon, “What Now?” by Pastor Jim. The central word in the sermon was “Faith.” Faith is believing when we don’t see. It’s obeying God even when we don’t understand. It’s active. It’s dynamic. It’s energetic. I felt a nudge by God that it was time to step out of my comfort zone and start a blog. Topics started rushing through my head. I even got up to write them down so I wouldn’t forget them in the morning.

What would I call my blog? It didn’t take long for me to come up with “Musings of a Senior.” Since I’m approaching “Medicare” I qualify as a senior. And as a senior I have a lot of things to muse upon. Muse: to become absorbed in thought. That’s what happened to me Sunday in the middle of the night. I was absorbed in thoughts, lots of thoughts.

Muse: to think or say (something) in a thoughtful way. Should I write about controversial topics? mundane every day activities? my faith? my life? Yes, Yes, Yes and Yes. I will step out in faith and let God guide me on what topics to write.

Even if only one person reads what I’ve written, it’s worth it.