One of Andrew Sullivan’s readers posted this assessment of Dr. George Tiller’s murder yesterday. Whether you agree with his practice as it relates to abortion or not, the scope of this tragedy speaks to something very deep in our spiritual psyches.
Do they not understand that each day that Dr. Tiller lived was another opportunity for grace to prevail? For some that grace may have meant he saved the life of a woman needing access to a safe abortion, to others perhaps that grace would’ve been his own turning away from his practice. But the point is whenever we presume to be the gatekeepers of God’s love and grace, we ourselves are turning away from God. I grieve for the family, the church, and the community left to make sense of this unjust action and were witness to a heinous attempt to deny grace.
I too grieve for so many of those involved. Let none of us presume to be the gatekeepers so that we may increase our intimacy with whatever you define as God.
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