Mine are days that God has numbered I was made to walk with Him Yet I look for worldly treasure And forsake the King of kings But mine is hope in my Redeemer Though I fall, his love is sure For Christ has paid for every failing I am His forevermore
Mine are tears in times of sorrow Darkness not yet understood Through the valley I must travel Where I see no earthly good But mine is peace that flows from heaven And the strength in times of need I know my pain will not be wasted Christ completes his work in me
Mine are days here as a stranger Pilgrim on a narrow way One with Christ I will encounter Harm and hatred for his name But mine is armour for this battle Strong enough to last the war And he has said he will deliver Safely to the golden shore
And mine are keys to Zion city Where beside the King I walk For there my heart has found its treasure Christ is mine forevermore
Come rejoice now, O my soul For his love is my reward Fear is gone and hope is sure Christ is mine forevermore!
Last month, one of my friends posted an image of this Instagram conversation on her Facebook account:
No Straw Men Here
The point of the post is clear – you don’t get to call a child an abomination just because of the manner of his or her conception. However, a man named Sam responded by writing the following:
This is a straw man. Just because some people are rude does not mean you get to take away women’s choices
Sam on Facebook
Sam had clearly seen people use the phrase “straw man” in arguments before, but doesn’t understand what it means. The Straw Man Fallacy is when an argument is misrepresented or weakened in an attempt to make it more easily refuted. However, that’s not happening here… In the image, thewhistestguy called unborn children conceived in incest/rape an “abomination of nature”. The user albany_rose pointed out that, if he’s willing to apply this slur to the unborn, he’s implicitly applying this slur to those who are born.