I was reading in Reader’s Digest the other night – you can’t beat the jokes, and April’s edition has some great pranks in it to get people ready for April Fool’s Day.
Every issue also has an article on a recent court case. You read about the case and try to guess what the verdict was. Some of them are difficult to guess, and I probably get as many wrong as I get right. Which is a difficult situation for people today. We try to do what’s right, but we don’t always know what’s right.
In this case, a man had a female friend who wanted a baby. He donated sperm so she could be artificially inseminated. It was successful, and a she became pregnant. But after the baby was born, she refused to let the man have anything to do with the child.
According to Kansas law, men who donate sperm have no parental rights, and he pursued it all the way to the State Supreme Court, but lost. He even appealed to the US Supreme Court, but they refused to hear the case, cementing the decision of the Kansas Supreme Court.
Most people agree that the way God determined that children be born was in a committed and monogamous relationship He ordained. That relationship is the “institution” of marriage. Marriage has been under attack for some time now. People seem to want all the benefits – children, health insurance, relationship – without making the commitment.
Biblically, what they did goes against the Word of God. Too many people pursue other ways to get what they want. I would much see them go without and be with God, then get what they want without God.
We need to get serious about our level of commitment to God. What God gives is all we need. Trust in God.
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