Will You Step Up?

This morning I had the pleasure of going with my Director, Andrea to Friends Church in Orlando to listen to her deliver a message to their congregation on the sanctity of life. As I sat and listened to Andrea this morning reminding the congregation that the unborn have no voice...the choice is their mother's and thousands of babies are killed every day in our country yet, sea turtles eggs are protected. Sea turtle babies have rights, but human babies do not.

For years I struggled with the comment my own mother made to me when I was ten years old. In a fit of anger one day because I was unable to swallow an antinbiotic she screamed at me "I hate you...I wish that you had never been born...I wanted to have an abortion, but I couldn't. I was the albatross around her neck is how I looked at myself. I was also the reason she had gone back to my father after leaving him. When she left she had not known that she was pregnant, but when she found out she chose not to be a single mother.

"For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be." Psalm 139:13-16

The Bible tells us that God created us...He knit us together. I had grown up believing that I was an accident...that my mother hated me, but lacked the courage to have an abortion and that thought pained me for many years. It colored how I thought about myself for a long time...until, one day I read Psalm 139 and realized that to my mother I had been an accident, but to the God who created me I was fearfully and wonderfully made. He had ordained my days and I am thankful that He continues to do so.

When our daughter was in her early teens we took her to a local Opthamologist as she was having some problems with her vision. I remember that day sitting in the exam room and when he finished he looked at me and said, "your daughter is a carrier for occular albinism." My husband, one of his uncles, one of his cousins, and his brother all had the condition so we had always known that it was genetic, but up until that moment we had not realized that our daughter was a carrier. He went on to explain that it was only passed mother to son so when she got older and if she got pregnant and we found out that she was having a boy then she could abort the fetus.

I remember sitting there just dumbfounded that he would even suggest this. I looked at him and said, "Really, I don't think that is even a possibility because you see it as a genetic defect...you see it as a child who would be less than perfect, but I see it as a child of God. I understand what this child would be capable of even if he was "legally blind." What if when my mother-in-law had become pregnant with my husband back in 1947 she had been offered that option? And then again in 1951 when she gave birth to a second son with occular albinism? My husband grew up to become a husband, a wonderful Dad, a computer Programmer and most importantly a follower of Jesus Christ. His brother, grew up to be a husband, a wonderful father, the President of an engineering firm and also a devoted follower of Jesus. What would our families have missed out on?

If our daughter had believed that abortion was her option we would have all missed out on the blessing of our grandsons Blake and Mark who have both brought us love, laughter, and so much more. I look at Blake who is 11 and an excellent student, a great golfer and a whiz on the Computer and a heart that loves Jesus and Marky who is 5 who provides us with new ancedotes daily...excels in his kindergarten class and oozes self-confidence and I am thankful to my daughter who chose to believe that in God's eyes they were not an accident.

Society has taught us that everyone needs to look and act perfect...no flaws allowed, but God in His infinite wisdom sees us through different eyes. Yes, my husband may not see or hear as well as another man, but I would not trade his heart for anything. The Bible tells us that man looks at the outward appearance, but God looks at our hearts. We see someone with Alzheimer's as just an "empty shell" but God sees the value in that person. Who are we to play God?

I ask you this question...a teenage girl is pregnant and she realizes that her fiancee is not the father of her baby and at first, he is very upset...would you have recommended an abortion? If you said, yes, then you would have killed Jesus Christ. See, that is my point...none of us know what these children would or could grow up to be, but the God who created their souls, who knit them togther does and He has a plan for their lives. Who are we to interfere with that plan?

Since that ill fated day when Roe vs. Wade passed over 54 million babies have been aborted. Babies would had no voice and may have grown up to be the next Steve Jobs, Billy Graham, Mother Teresa...or just maybe a Mom or Dad themselves who would pass on the love of Jesus to a new generation.

Please pray for those who have aborted babies because they felt that they had no voice. Remind them that we serve a God who died on the Cross so that their sins could be forgiven. He offers them freedom from the pain and the shame. Pray for those who are pregnant and wrestling with the decision that they will choose life for their unborn child. And lastly if you believe in the sanctity of life get involved and make a difference.

We are in the planning stage of planting another Crisis Pregnancy Center in Oviedo and your generous support would be a huge blessing. We need men and women who want to partner with us to protect those who have no voice and to love the mothers who need us to minister to them.

Comments

[Kay]

You know my heart on this topic. How can our lives be lived under God's infinite protection if we turn our backs on the little souls waiting to be born? I am so proud of your good work. Your sister, Kay

[Cindie]

Thanks sweet sister...I appreciate you and all that you do to make me a better person too. So thankful that when God was knitting me together that He knew that I would need such a wonderful sister of the heart.