After Noah witnessed God’s judgment in the flood, he was reminded that human creatures derive all their value from the Creator. "Whoever sheds man’s blood, by man his blood shall be shed: for in the image of God he made man." (Genesis 9:6)

It is almost ironic that God teaches the high value of human life in the context of judgment unto death - the ultimate penalty for rebellion against man’s Maker.

The post-modern pundits marvel that kids place no value on the human soul - the same ones that tried to make Dr. Kevorkian a folk hero, and tried to make abortionists into champions of women’s rights (serial killers both).

Americans expend more effort (it seems) to save wildlife, than to save children from a wild life. The most endangered species is a well-disciplined, God-fearing child.

Children are led to believe that the only difference between them, and animals, is time. The modern view of human life reverts to the primitive – devolution, the natural consequence of a belief in evolution.

The next generation is falsely taught that human life is valued on a sliding scale - young people (high value) - elderly or terminally ill (little value) – children in the womb (no value).

Thus, the shock value of killing schoolchildren is escalated. This is evidenced by the cultural outrage over the slaughter at Columbine High School.

Contrast this with the "ho-hum" response (the absence of outrage) when a terminally depressed, elderly man was executed on videotape aired on "60 Minutes."

The Lord God never devalued a human soul due to physical infirmities or due to a defenseless condition. On the contrary, the great physician showed compassion to such as these.

The image of God written on the human soul was magnified, elevated for the praise of the Creator.

Unless you look to the Creator, each human creature will be given differing measures of value. Treasure every human soul, and you will begin to see as God sees.