So, what can you do?

The thing is, it doesn’t do any good to get mad at where society has aligned itself. Instead we can make a difference. We can get the word out. We can help educate. We can be proactive as we accept those whom have been hurt by abortion, to help them with their healing. We can pray for the Supreme Court and the decisions they make concerning human life. We can speak when we have an opportunity.

You and I can help support and provide services, counseling, hope, and supplies whenever and wherever we have an opportunity. We can show women that there is an alternative to terminating their pregnancy when they can’t raise the child, by bringing their pregnancy to term and then allowing for an adoption to loving parents.

What about you?

Has abortion impacted you? What do we do about our own feelings when we have lost a child or grandchild to an abortion?  How shall we then live? You get involved.

First off, you must own what happened, and your feelings about it. You acknowledge the loss of life for what it is. Speak the truth about it. You grieve the loss. You give your sad, empty, injured, true feelings to God and let them rest with Him. If it was you that had the abortion, you confess and repent of your sin, and you come clean before God. It helps to talk about this with a trusted friend or an understanding counselor. You decide to help, not ignore.

If it was someone else, you forgive the person who terminated the pregnancy. You nurture a desire to see them whole (abortion causes a hardness, deadening, and hurt in them). You pray life for them. You pray they will seek truth until it challenges, changes, heals, and frees them. You persevere.

What you don’t want to do is pretend that the abortion never happened, and just go on with life like nothing substantial ever occurred. It is best to acknowledge an earthquake after it happens. Pray for wisdom in this. God knows what they need and whether you should address its impact with them. I am confident that God will lead you. At least, pray about it. God will prepare the way.

God has to lead whenever delicate matters are discussed, or it can backfire. I have learned to ask God to open opportunities in ways that are natural and non-confrontational. When you put it in God’s court and trust Him to bring the thing to pass, it has a way of working itself into an unexpected conversation. This can be days, months, or years after the event. Always be gentle. Persevere.

Your job is to wait and pray. Ask Him to guide your words and prepare your heart to speak truth. God knows when the person is ready to talk about their abortion. Ask God to prepare their heart to receive truth. Ask Him to replace your spirit of judgment with a spirit of love that sees their wounds and bondage to the said event. Pray for this.

One other thing, it would be good if you would pray for the abortionists and the nurses that assist them. I listened with interest to Douglas Gresham of Lenten Lands, the stepson of C.S. Lewis, tell of his ministry. He and his wife minister to the mental health of professionals who have left the abortion field. I am thankful for their care for these one’s who suffer. Pray.

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May God send this article to the person who needs it.

Abortion takes innocent lives.

Abortion is not static. Many people get hurt in an abortion. That is not a happy thought. I don’t like to think about abortion. I’m sure you would rather not, either. But we must think about it. America needs to think about the harm we are doing and our choice to not look at it.

And people get hurt.

The person getting the abortion gets hurt. The doctor and the nurses performing the abortion, who terminate the life of the fetus, are getting injured in their souls as their actions cause a life to end. And, of course, the fetus–the little one’s–life ends as it takes its last breath.

An innocent life is sacrificed on the altar of human will and self-focused ambition. The cause of some of these abortions are the result of pressure from others. Some don’t consider the living being in the womb. Others say its okay. And some don’t think they have a choice due to the circumstances, whatever they be.

Abortion in our land has now entered a worsening state of affairs. Earlier this year I read a few articles that told about the evils of what they do to an aborted fetus. Details were shared that describe how aborted little ones are used in the name of medical science. In addition, experiments are performed on some of these discarded little ones that society has abandoned. It’s gruesome and makes me think of the atrocities performed during the holocaust.

This sort of treatment of our fellow human beings makes me think that polite society has sold its soul to sanction evil. There is a grave injustice that says, these particular so-and-so lives matter while those other so-and-so lives are disposable. Why? –because society deems they do not matter, that they’re on the wrong side of history, that they aren’t worth saving.

When did human life become so cheap?

When we sold out to convenience over morality. We can do better. We cannot hide behind a lie. America embraced a lie in Roe vs Wade. It is wrong to turn a back on innocent life to sanction evil even though many say abortion is a right. Why do we think we must preserve what takes human life? Society is aborting beautiful babies. They deserve better.

Society should be about protecting beautiful babies, providing them homes, when needed .

It’s not right that as a society we have condoned the taking of innocent life. In a sense society is the victim of a false belief, a social construct that says abortion really doesn’t matter, that it’s the preferred outcome in some cases. That the taking of a life is justified when that life isn’t wanted or convenient. That implies you can have unprotected sex without thinking about the consequences since there’s an out.

In making this choice to abort, their souls are injured, seared at the point of ending the life of their child. Post abortive individuals are not left unscathed by the effects of their abortion. They have participated in this thing. Maybe even been bullied into doing it. This is why depressed feelings often follow the termination of a fetus. The soul knows the truth.

Despite this wrong, God still cares for the souls of everyone involved in an abortion.

God forgives and restores. God cares about souls. He seeks to heal this injury and injustice through bringing life and healing to their souls. He wants to comfort those that hurt and forgive those who have sinned against Him. God is a God of second chances offering hope to all who embrace it.

I read with interest about the ministry that C.S. Lewis’s step-son Douglas Gresham offered to doctors and nurses struggling with their past participation in the abortion industry. He and his wife offered a safe place where people could heal from their hurt and trauma and find peace for their guilt. There are people who care and do not condemn.

God sets people free.

“I love you. Believe on Me. Go and sin no more.” -to paraphrase the words of Jesus. You can come to terms with your abortion and go and live differently.

I have hesitated to write negatively about abortion since it is protected by the laws of the land and also protected speech. I am well aware of the arguments in favor of abortion and that which says abortion is a woman’s right. I want you to know, I am not against women. In my mind, these are two separate issues. Unfortunately, it’s gone further to where even the word ‘mother’ is suspect and seen as shameful. But that’s another issue.

Many are the individuals who have had an abortion or multiple abortions, and they are also good parents who love their other children. Their choice to have an abortion has not ruined their lives. However, they benefit from addressing their past. Many Christian-based pregnancy centers offer skilled counselors to counsel and conduct classes for post abortive women and their mates impacted by an abortion in their past.

My experiences with abortion are after the fact, through personal conversations.

I’ve rubbed shoulders with quite a few people whom have had abortions. Let me tell you about some of their situations. I met a male nurse who told me that he and his wife had an abortion when they were students. It was his greatest regret. Later, they had several more children. A man in his fifties told me about his girlfriend of long ago. She aborted their child even though he begged her to let him raise the child. He’s never forgotten the pain of her choice.

A lady was assaulted and then aborted the resulting pregnancy. Tears were in her eyes as she told me. She wished she hadn’t gone through with it. A woman in the church I attended told me about her abortion. She said God had healed her. And there have been others. They secretly carry the scars and shame deep inside. It’s not something they can talk about openly.

God cares. He understands pain. He offers hope and healing. He also offers healing to our nation.

I write this post to draw attention to abortion. Today the Supreme Court is hearing an abortion case. I hope and pray that they will have the courage to protect our youngest members of society and address the lie that people have believed. Our nation can heal from the trauma as we elevate the sanctity of all life. Then a new breath of fresh air can and will enter our land. All lives matter and are created equal.

Father, may you open the eyes of the people to see truth. May you give courage to the many considering abortion, to find a way to give life to their little one. May you remove blindness with light. amen

May God send this article to the person who needs it.

Abortion Kills Innocent Life

Texas is in the news, and it’s about Texas banning abortions at six weeks in utero. Depending what side you are on, this news makes you either happy or sad. Prolifers can never give up the fight. People like me don’t give up defending the human right to be born.

She’s pregnant.

(+) They’re celebrating. What a difference it makes if a pregnancy is desired and the baby is wanted. There are parties and celebrations, gender reveals, baby showers, baby announcements and newborn baby gifts. Everyone’s happy about the pregnancy and excited about the baby.

(-) They’re not celebrating. But what about the surprise, unexpected, unplanned pregnancy? What happens when the timing isn’t the best, when the two people aren’t a couple or they aren’t ready for the responsibility of a child, or a baby would interfere with their or her plans, or a baby isn’t wanted, or she’s just a teen herself?

What then?

The baby doesn’t have any say. The baby doesn’t get to choose whether they are wanted or unwanted. The womb is a scary place for the devalued, unwanted fetus. Their status as a prebirthed being makes it is easier to excuse when the birther person chooses to terminate the pregnancy. They abort the problem. Throw away the product of conception. Case closed.

For those who think that abortion is a women’s rights issue–rather than a human rights issue–the termination of a pregnancy is a slam dunk. They can lie to themselves and say that what they are going to do or what they did was right and best, they can save face and reputation. Everyone’s happy. Problem solved.

But not for the PreBorn baby.

They lost their life.

The greatest alarm came from the PreBorn. They didn’t have any say over their own life or about what happened to them. They had the most to lose. They fought in the womb but they didn’t have a chance. Then their life was discarded like yesterday’s lunch. Even the laws of the land didn’t protect them.

Such a travesty.

A few have survived an abortion attempt and lived to tell about it.

How did society come to accept that killing an unplanned, unwanted, unborn infant is preferred, right, and good policy? It came to be believed through deception, lies, and a perceived rightness that says the pregnancy is inconvenient, the wrong time, and so forth.

They have believed a false narrative that says we are in charge of our own destiny and can do whatever we want. Such thinking glibly says that we can sacrifice invisible, innocent lives whenever conveniently necessary for the good of society and for reproductive rights.

Let’s rethink the narrative.

The truth is that even PreBorn lives matter. All life matters. A PreBorn life is more than an ‘it,’ a fetus is a human being. Preborn children deserve to be protected. They deserve a right to be born and to live their life. A womb should be the safest place on earth, instead of the deadliest in some cases.

God places value on human life. God gave every human being a soul at the moment He gave them life. It is no small thing to disregard what God has made. We should help save the unprotected ‘innocents.,’ who can’t protect themselves. We should value all human life, instead of valuing some and not valuing others.

Some women have confided in me their hidden sorrows. They share their regret at terminating a pregnancy/s. They had believed the lie that they were better off without the child, that they probably couldn’t manage a baby at the time. Guilt, grief, sadness and regret came later, when they admitted or sensed that what they had done was wrong.

The conscience knows.

God awakens the conscience. A person cannot disregard or forget what the abortionist has done. Many will justify theirs and others’ abortions as they try to prove that their choice and others’ choices were right, given the circumstances. That’s the clincher, how abortion is justified.

For some, they want to live how they want to live without changing the way they live. They refuse to take ownership of their pasts. Society has made it too easy. So much so, that many women go on to have multiple abortions.

For others, there is regret. Their feelings of guilt, shame and unworthiness cause them to believe they are unworthy of God’s love and forgiveness. But they are mistaken. God loves them unconditionally. He forgives the repentant sinner. Christ meets them where they are at. He forgives their sins, and sets them free.

God calls the sinner to confess and repent of their sins. He calls them to Himself. Post abortive women and abortion clinicians can receive forgiveness through Christ’s sacrifice and by belief in the Lord Jesus Christ as their Savior. This is God’s great gift of redemption through which you receive eternal life.

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We all have a stake in what is happening in our culture today. That is why I am devoting three posts to this phenomenon. More in a couple of weeks.

May God send this article to the person who needs it.

God’s best,

Norma