Please pray for me, as I for you, that none of us who are called to the defense of the sanctity of human life will ever take our hands from the plow; that even in great weakness—yes, even upon our death beds—we who are powerless may be found leaning on the Lord, joining with Him in praying that He might cause His Spirit of grace and supplication to fall upon many ones, so that they, in every possible sense, might choose life.

As pro-life activists well know, our life on earth is a spiritual war. Ever since the fall of man, the world is a vast battle-ground on which the sovereign God bids His people to fight—in love and joy—for the good, the true, and the beautiful. To fight for life.

Happily, we know that both within history and at its end, life will triumph over death. But we also know that for God’s people to win their fights, they must pray. As it is written, God will not give His glory to another (Is. 42:8). And so, in order to preserve it, He wisely places the treasure of His divine life in jars of clay, so that the surpassing power to do and achieve may belong to God, and not to us (2 Cor. 4:7). In other words, He is pleased to make us weak, so that we may be made strong (2 Cor. 12:10). Therefore—acutely feeling our powerlessness in the face of the egregious evils currently threatening human life—we pray.

As I near my 78^th birthday, these truths comfort me greatly. I find I am running out of steam. Health issues, old age, and the urgency of my few remaining tasks press me into the mighty God. If I, the powerless one, am to accomplish anything further, I must lean on Him and pray.

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