There are some days that I am blessed to be taken back to the important things in life. This week I had one of those days.
I met with a client who thought that aborting her baby was the only option she had. She was living a life of desperation and sadness.
We talked and she cried. I got the opportunity to show her the baby inside of her via ultrasound. There was no manipulation - no magic answers - no problems solved. There was only life - a tiny baby - doing somersaults inside the safety of its mother's womb - a beating heart that in reality is smaller than the eraser on a pencil.
These are the things that are really important - the miracle of a life created - a life that only God can create.
This young woman left with a resolve to give life to the baby inside of her. She did not leave with a plan for her future. She knew that survival would only be possible one day at a time.
We will be there for her. We will help her determine how to relieve some of the issues that have caused the desperation in her life.
Please remember these young women - they need love - they need Jesus - they need a community that will surround them and encourage them to become the woman God has designed them to be.
3 comments:
my daughter just lost a baby at 7 and 1/2 months pg due to placenta abruption. i know robbie and chris and their wives and found your blog through theirs. my daughter experienced her 2nd abruption 2 weeks ago - the first she was able to deliver a healthy 4lb 12 oz boy 3 weeks early three years ago; this one she lost a perfect little 3 lb 12 oz little girl...and we were afraid we would lose her. please keep her in your prayers as the hope she has for a larger family may involve adoption as she may not be able to have any more children of her own. we don't know how God will bless her but we have to believe that somehow He will.
Happy Gram,
I have been praying for your daughter. I know your hearts are broken.
I will be happy to talk to you about adoption when the time is right.
blessings,
cindy
Hi there Mrs. Cindy, i just want to thank you for being there for that girl.
I was 17 when i got pregnant, i too thought there wasn't many options. I remember the time i had someone there, just someone there to talk to, it made such a HUGE impact on me.
I had my son Dec 2002. With having him, his dad and I realized we wanted him to be raised in a church; something we never had. I honestly believe the Lord used our son to bring me and his father to him. One month after we both got saved, we got married, and this month we celebrate our 4 yr. anniversary.
I know this mom had no plan for how she would do the rest of the pregnancy, but neither did I. God changed that, even before i knew him. Reading this reminded me of my story, I thought i would share what the Lord has done for this once scared momma. Thank you for sharing your heart for these girls. Once again thank you for being there for her. You are a wonderful lady, i see where Jenn get's it from.
-K. Carpio
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