Dear friends:

In a U.S. population of now over 295 million, thousands of people die and are born every day.  Terri Schiavo is only one person.

Yet I believe that with the controversy over this one innocent life, we are experiencing a battle, not just for her survival, but for America's soul.  I believe it is a watershed event in God's dealing with this country.

If last minute efforts fail to reconnect her and save her life, and if she dies in a few days, I believe that will seal a judgment on this country.  That is because the U.S. government will have knowingly killed an innocent person, with the executive branch, the legislative branch, and the judicial branch all have failed her.   She is being executed in a cruel and unusual manner -- starvation and water deprivation.  This would be an abhorrent form of execution even for death row murderers, and one can even be arrested for doing that to a pet dog or cat.  Her execution will mean that a cloud of darkness has enveloped us.

President Bush has rightly opined that in such a controversial issue, judicial decisions should err on the side of life, not death.  This is especially true since medical authorities are divided on the viability of her life.  Some authorities say that with proper treatment, she could improve.  In a strange twist, her husband has not even allowed her treatment!  What does he have to gain by her death -- perhaps final silencing as to what really happened to her, instead of the curious story he has given?  He is acting as though he has something to hide.

Yes, there are good men and women in Congress and the executive branch who are trying, but today we do not know whether or not they will succeed.  If the forces of death and darkness succeed, I believe something will happen in the heavenlies that does not bode well for this nation.

I find it interesting that when controversial issues like this arise, those on both sides of the issues are predictable.  Leading liberals and Democrats are usually on the side of death, and leading conservatives and Republicans are on the side of life.  It is strange but reality and predictable how the politics will always line up, and with the pot calling the kettle black, liberals are even claiming that efforts to save this dear woman's life are "political."  That is because their god is politics.  That is all they know.  Pardon me, but it makes me want to barf.

Jim