Jesus Loves the Little Babies♥

A few weeks back, the Kings and their close friends who are active in street evangelism invited us to come along with them to the Planned Parenthood to hold signs..you see, on Fridays here in our local town is the day that they kill babies. One of my first thoughts as we arrived was.. 'Where are all the Christians?" In a town of tens of thousands.. were there really only a handful of us to pray, beg and demonstrate our support to struggling teenage girls and their helpless babies?

I just read the most informative book called 'Pro Life Answers to Pro Choice Arguments'. While being horribly depressing, it was also very informative. Here is one example of his answer to one of the Pro Choice arguments that I really appreciated:

Argument:
"The unborn is an embryo or a fetus- just a simple blob of tissue, a product of conception-not a baby. Abortion is terminating a pregnancy, Not killing a child"
Answers
1) Like toddler and adolescent, the terms embryo and fetus do not refer to non humans, but to humans at particular stages of development.
2) semantics affect perceptions, but they do not change realities; a baby is a baby no matter what we call her
3) From the moment of conception, the unborn is not simple, but very complex
4) Prior to the earliest surgical abortions, the unborn already has every body part she will ever have
5) Every abortion stops a beating heart and terminates measurable brain waves
6) Even in the earliest surgical abortions, the unborn child is clearly human in appearance.
7) Even before the unborn is obviously human in appearance, she is what she is- a human being.
8) No matter how much better is sounds, 'terminating a pregnancy' is still terminating a life.

I can hardly read this sign without choking up.. The girls were situated so that the cars driving by saw these in sequence..

My girls had such a hard time keeping it together as we watched woman after woman file in to kill their babies. One lady.. we will never forget.. she and her boyfriend were yelling at one another in the car.. she seemed like she was distraught and did not want to go through with it. Ashley ran toward the door (but still off the property) of Planned Parenthood.. calling out in a gentle voice and holding up her sign.. another sign that our friend's children had made said 'Please Don't Hurt Your Baby' was also being held up. The woman was beside herself but eventually went in... her baby was not the only one violated and destroyed that day.

My precious Baby

Most of you know our story. I was an unmarried 19 year old who was on strong medication when I found out I was pregnant with Ashley. I was led to believe that I had no other option than to abort her due to the meds. I did not believe in abortion (although I was not a Christian at the time) but I felt that I had no choice as the drugs were going to cause her to miscarry or be so severely deformed that she would die in utero. I scheduled an abortion. The Lord intervened and praise the Lord I got a phone call the morning of my abortion.. telling me there was no evidence of such side affects to babies! Our darling Ashley was born 7 months later- perfectly formed and healthy.

 In addition, when I was 10 weeks pregnant with Amanda, I started bleeding heavily. We went in for an ultrasound and they could not find the heartbeat. I was told that she had died. They scheduled me for a D&C to scrape out my uterus.. you know since there was no baby in there..We refused the procedure.. and the next week saw the heartbeat of my precious Amanda. I have to ask.. are we exceptions? Or do we live in a country where doctors are abortion happy; ready to take life into their hands.. as if they are God?

John Piper, an Evangelical pastor, has the opinion that everyone who is considering a surgical abortion should be required to watch an abortion doctor perform the 'procedure' at least once.. to watch him place the tiny dissected body parts on a sterile cloth and count all the pieces, making sure he 'got it all'. What would be so offensive or horrid about requiring such a thing? I mean if the justification is that it is just 'tissue' and that 'the procedure is not much different than a root canal' what would be so horrible about watching a doctor count baby body parts? The truth is, if these girls could see with their eyes what they were about to allow happen to their babies, there would be far fewer abortions. God help us all... and God help Christ's Church stand up for the unborn! Our silence is killing babies.

If you have had an abortion, there is hope for healing and forgiveness!

Ephesians 1:7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace

Acts 3:19 Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord,

1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!

Colossians 1:13-14 For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

Then he adds: "Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more." Hebrews 10:17

What promises! Turn to Jesus. Please.. He wants to help you.

In addition, this book by Jack Hayford is one which has helped many women who are struggling with the trauma associated with abortion: http://www.jackhayford.org/articles1-436/IllHoldYouinHeaven