Would Jesus be standing outside an abortion clinic holding a sign protesting abortion?  Would He try to stop anyone going in, with words of love?  Would He go inside with them as they killed an unborn child?  Would He hold their hands and let them cry on His shoulder while the deed was being done?  Would He go home with them and comfort them afterwards?

Would Jesus try to encourage someone on the way in to the abortion clinic, to not have it done, to think on it, and then when that same person goes ahead and goes through with it, how would He treat them on their way out of the clinic?  Would He shout insults at them?  Throw things at them?  Turn His back on them?

A story was told to our Sunday School class this past Sunday about a woman who had a friend who wanted her to go with her to an abortion clinic, while she had an abortion. The woman tried to talk her friend out of going through with it, but her friend's mind could not be changed.  Rather than turn from her, this lady went along with her to the clinic and was there for her during the abortion.

On their way into the clinic, a group of Christian protesters tried to talk her out of going through with it.  Telling her to go back home and think about it for another 24 hours.  They were nice and loving to her, trying to encourage her to not have the abortion.  But, she still went into the clinic, still had the abortion.

When she was leaving, those same people who were loving to her on the way in, turned ugly on her way out, after the abortion.  They called her names, threw things at her.  This girl now feels totally turned off toward Christians in general for their two faced actions.

It made me question what Jesus would do.  I don't think He would act like these people did when the girl left the clinic.  Yet, I know He would indeed be angry and sad at the senseless death of a little one.  That said, is it right for us to react this way to someone who does something so vulgar, so wrong, by yelling obscenities at them, and throwing things at them as they leave the clinic, after the abortion is done?  How can we justify those actions as being what Jesus would do?  Going a step further, there have been people who have blown up abortion clinics...how is that any better than the taking of innocent lives through abortion?  All those mothers who are in there for an abortion will die in the blast, and that means their unborn children as well.  How is taking that sort of a stand helping the overall situation?

I get so angry sometimes when I see the actions of Christians, and how they do not represent God in the right light.  We all make mistakes, and I cannot say that I don't feel anger towards people who have abortions, but somehow, we have to put aside our anger and our distaste, because we may be the ONLY glimpse anyone has of God.  Those that go through with an abortion do not have the Holy Spirit in them.  I do, and I may be the only way that they will ever have the Holy Spirit, and stop committing the acts that found them at the abortion clinic in the first place. 

A safe bet is that if your actions do not build up someone else, and overflow with the love of God, then they are probably not the right actions.  If what you are doing is knocking down, spreading hate, causing violence, do you think that is what Jesus would do?  No, I would never encourage someone to have an abortion.  But neither would I treat them with disrespect, or hatred if they go through with it.  I just don't think it is what Jesus would do, and therefore, I shouldn't either.