Each June the media, culture, and activists demand that we celebrate ‘pride’ month.
This June, the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade is providing an alternative, the opportunity for a celebration that affirms life and honors God.
Life Month is an invitation to celebrate both the reversal of Roe and the prayer revival signified by the revival that broke out at Asbury University in Wilmore, Ky., and quickly spread around the world. It is a pro-life initiative to thank the Lord for answered prayer and pro-life supporters are encouraged to spread the word.
"It seems providential timing for Dobbs to be handed down in the month of June,” said Heartbeat International President, Jor-El Godsey. “Celebrating life in the womb and true reproductive health is hopeful and faith-filled for generations to come."
Heartbeat is the largest network of pregnancy help organizations in the world and the U.S.
Pregnancy help organizations affiliated with Heartbeat and other networks uphold the Commitment of Care and Competence which states that clients are served without regard to age, race, income, nationality, religious affiliation, disability or other arbitrary circumstances, and that all clients are treated with kindness, compassion and in a caring manner. Heartbeat principles uphold the dignity of the human person and sanctity of human life and thus are consistent with God’s plan for sexuality and marriage.
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The Life Month initiative acknowledges that celebrating life means celebrating life in the womb, along with celebrating those who have overcome cancer, depression and suicidal thoughts, anxiety, relationship hardships, and addictions.
Ultimately, the event’s website says, celebrating LIFE is celebrating the Author of Life, God.
There are three scripture passages and themes behind the Life Month initiative.
First is Revelation 12:11 "And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death."
This denotes that Life Month is “pro-life plus,” referencing testimonies to God’s faithfulness in answering the many prayers to strike down Roe and through the Asbury revival.
Second is 2 Chronicles 20:21"After consulting the people, the king appointed singers to walk ahead of the army, singing to the Lord and praising him for his holy splendor. This is what they sang: 'Give thanks to the Lord; his faithful love endures forever!' "
This represents Life Month’s theme of Celebration, Joy, Praise, and Thanksgiving.
Third is Hebrews 10:24-25 "And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near."
This means that Life Month is a global call to celebrate life, through unity and community.
Each element of the Life Month logo has a specific meaning. From the Life Month website:
The Red symbolizes the Blood of the Lamb, Jesus Christ, Yeshua Hamashiach. (Revelation 12:11)
The White symbolizes the purity and holiness of God, the innocence of preborn babies, the white robes of righteousness, and the fact that the blood of Jesus washes us white as snow when he forgives us of all of our sins. (Revelation 6:11; Isaiah 1:18)
The Footprints are commonly associated with the pro-life movement as a representation of the feet of the preborn children; however, the footprints here have a deeper meaning. These footprints represent the 62 million babies lost during the tenure of Roe v. Wade (a baby army that is fighting for God every day), as well as the footprints of the current Remnant Army that God has on the earth and also the Angel Armies that God has deployed to fight His battles.
The Heart Shape of the footprints represents the fact that the Lord's army is fueled by His Love of us. It also represents God himself since God is Love and His greatest commandments are to love Him with all of our heart and soul and to love one another as He loves us.
Life is written in script to represent the cursive handwriting of our Father God, who is the only Author and Creator of Life.
The Holding Hands in the center have a two-fold meaning. On the surface, they symbolize the parent-child relationship that we are protecting in the pro-life movement. But the more profound meaning is that the adult hand is the hand of Our Father God, while the child's hand represents our individual hands. Whether we are 1 or 101, when we believe in Jesus, we are God's children. God loves the little children, and He calls us to be childlike and come to Him as children. Little children are full of love, joy, and pure innocence. Every day, God reaches out His hand to pull us above the noise of this world that the enemy tries to distract us with. Every day, God reaches out to grab our hand and pull us forward and upward, closer to Him.
There are numerous ways individuals, churches or other organizations, or pregnancy centers can join in.
This can be posting about Life Month and sharing the logo on social media and using the hashtags #LifeMonth and #CelebrateLifeMonth. It also includes a daily zoom call, hosting a Life Month event, requesting a proclamation or resolution for your local community, consuming life-affirming media, and content, doing daily devotionals, following a 30-day Celebrate Life Month Bible reading plan, or commit to fasting in thanksgiving for God’s faithfulness.
The various suggested ways to take part in Life Month are available HERE. You can see and submit calendar evets HERE, and read and share testimonies HERE. Resources are available HERE.
“May God be glorified,” the Life Month website states. “We are the life generation.”
