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Exodus 14:14 Printable
I saw this verse on an adoption organization's facebook post. I LOVED it. So, I decided to re-do it as a printable.
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Update on the Abortion Mills
Since I last wrote about our first time out to the Mill it has been several weeks and many trips out with the kids and with Justin. To be honest, this is the first real street work I have really experienced in sharing the gospel and giving hope to the hopeless (both women and babies). It is one thing to say you are pro-life and that you think babies should have a right to life, it is entirely another to take to the pavement and breathe life into those thoughts and convictions.
We've been going out on Sundays and Thursdays. It is brutal out there, really. Emotionally, spiritually, physically (since we have our children and it's starting to get hot out there). People hate us, express their opinions in graphic ways and loudly. We've had the police called several times. I feel like a rebel...similar to Lecraes song...we are now counter culture out there.
There are so many patterns with the women coming and going from the Mill. We often see them accompanied by either their mother or boyfriend. Occasionally we've seen fathers bringing them and dropping them off. Its heartbreaking.
To have your parent or someone you trust show no faith in your ability or the gift of carrying a child...to have someone you trust convince you murder is a valid and reasonable option...to somehow believe that having an abortion is somehow empowering and liberating to women all the while it enslaves them into bondage with the devil...fear, bitterness, depression, guilt, powerlessness, quite the opposite of liberation and freedom.
As we call out to them with the truth we have about 30-40 seconds at most to try and say something that will stir their hearts and convict their spirits into choosing life. A good friend of mine, a mentor really, shared with me a great perspective in which I try and keep in mind: Their fear of man is already higher than their fear of God.
I totally believe and agree wholeheartedly that the answer is Christ.. He is the only thing that can change and move the women towards choosing life. But, in that 30-40 seconds these women, whether they believe in God or not, have already elevated their fear of man to a degree in which they are willing to conceal their choices or deal with their irresponsibility with MURDER.
I know some people, and for some women this might be true, life to argue that there is no support for these young, most often, single mothers in our current culture. This is entirely false. Even right now as I type this people are arguing over the Gosnell murder trial in PA and attempting to say that the women had no choices, no hope, no assistance. I am not denying that support and help is a factor when a women is choosing to murder her own flesh and blood, but even as call out to them that we have all the help in the world, adoption support, resources, free clinics, etc., they just turn and march forward to slaughter the unborn.
We all know the system is broken, this is a fact. But, I do not believe, after being out there for so long now, that this is the primary motivating factor for why these women choose death. It is a secondary factor at best. The truth is, we live in a culture of death and we have embraced our animalistic nature, sinful and depraved, giving way to death. We've bought the lie that there is no truth or that everyone can create their own truth and in that we are giving away our freedoms in an effort to somehow have liberty. It's lunacy.
The silent voices of those murdered children need someone to speak up for them. 3000 a day, sucked out, ripped apart, severed spines...3000 a day.
We've seen some good...lives spared...women driven and escorted to another facility. We Praise God for those lives spared. We can't ever really know who and how many our voices may impact. We pray Jesus will stir within them, both pre and post abortion. Of course we know His truth and salvation are all that will quiet the whispers and bondage those women will experience from their "CHOICE".
One of the saddest things, so far, about going out to the clinics is how FEW Christians there are out there giving a voice to the unborn. The Catholics have taken very seriously the call by God to defend the helpless and help "the least of these". As Christians we ought to be ashamed of our silence. I hope our participation with The Red Door Ministry through Apologia church will inspire more Christians to find their voice and their courage.
We've made a commitment to give a voice to those silenced through MURDER, the unborn, and our family intends to continue on in pursuit of truth and to shed light on the lies being perpetrated by our culture and by our leadership and media.
If you are interested in learning more about sidewalk counseling at abortion mills you can visit Sidewalks 4 Life and our page on Facebook The Red Door Ministry. You can also email me at chelsea@exaltbirthservices.com as we have partnered with The Red Door Ministry to provide doulas for the young ladies who choose life.
A Little (somber) Christmas Perspective
I read last night on a family members blog that my aunt is battling cancer like never before. Things are gray in the world of colors and although we "never loose hope" it is a sobering reminder that minutes and memory making opportunities are often fleeting and we never quite know when our time here will end.
It brings clearly some holiday perspective, something I was grateful for last night as I lay in bed thinking about her and her family (children, grandchildren). I could only think of two very important things.
One being how incredibly important it is that we know the love, grace, mercy and salvation of Jesus. Something rather fitting for Christmas, as we celebrate and consider the implications of His virgin birth (the only part of his birth that truly matters, his divinity and relationship to the trinity).
The second being how precious time is here in relationship to those we love, making memories, and those we might have the pleasure to impact through our lives, especially in regards to the gospel.
My heart is soft with love for my aunt and her family through this trying time and I know God holds their family in His arms.
I personally believe in a God that can do ALL things including miracles and healing. I believe in a living and active Holy Spirit who is walking and moving through life with us. I also believe we often don't, in our modern Christian culture, fully understand, allow or invite the Spirit to participate in our lives as He can and will. We have essentially "neutered" the gospel message and the Spirit's relationship to us empowering us in the same way he did the disciples and Jesus himself.
So at this very minute I pray for that miraculous healing over her, that God's will would be done in her body and in her life, and even without healing, that she would know Peace, only He can give.
I also know God knows the time, the day and the hour that He will take us home. Let us make the most of our days.
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