The TV news carried two main stories last night. Both are to do with who we are and what God has made us.
The first story was to do with the death of Jane Tomlinson from breast cancer. Jane was diagnosed with the condition 7 years ago. She was told she had 6 months to live. Jane decided to fight. She competed in triathlons and ran the London Marathon a number of times, cycled across America, from Rome to Leeds and from John O’Groats to Lands End. Over the 7 years, she raised over £1.5m for cancer charities.
What a fighter. What spirit she had to keep going against the odds. I don’t know if she had a faith in God, but there was such Godly determination on display.
The second story from last nights news was the Government decision to allow Human-Animal embryo’s for experimentation. Again, there is a determination to fight disease. Again human spirit, human ingenuity is on display. But this time, the cost is high. To quote the Christian Institute: “Manufacturing new creatures out of humans and animals is deeply repugnant. It offends against the principle that human life is uniquely made in the image of God. It offends against the created order that humans and animals are of different kinds. Mixing them has rightly been called ‘in-vitro bestiality’.”
A human is a human from conception. To treat that human embryo as a test tube specimen, to mix that human with animal parts… God forgive us. We are spiritual beings. As Jane showed, we can show extraordinary courage against the odds. Sadly those of us who remain embryos for experimentation never get that chance.
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