Shalom Everyone~
What do I think about [Are You For 86?]?
I think NO!
I too, like AKA_Monet see this beyond a pro-choice situation....I guess I'm still upset with the Coon Issue that took place at my church to see beyond the possibility of an ethnic wipe out somewhere in this thing.
Eclipse, I agree with your position and I commend you for your posting, not because I am holier then anyone, but because I too, like MIDWESTDIVA, aborted my child...I don't mind sharing it because it is a fact and it is the truth. The only explanation I can give anyone when asked, "Why" is "I was selfish".
I'm not saying that is the reason for anyone else...that is mine...I was selfish.
I disagree with Ania regarding abortions not causing psychological damage...I beg to differ. Psychological damage/Condemnation...
same difference if you've been there and done that! And I'm not just speaking for myself...I speak for the many women to whom I minister and counsel with as they come to the Church needing to heal and be made whole.
You see, I shoved the sight and the sounds of that day and the days leading up to the death of my child so far away in my mind's closet until I had convinced myself that my child was only 32 clumps of cells....Until I surrendered to Jesus Christ and made HIM LORD of my life-----completely LORD over my life!
~HE (Jesus) was there when all the guilt, the pain and the pictures in my mind came up like vomit!
~He was there when I accepted the fact that by HIS BLOOD, I stood clean.
~He was there when I agreed with HIM that the Psalmist David was right when he was inspired to write Psalm 139:13-16.
This psalm reminds us that:
*It is God who forms our inward parts.
*It is God who hovers over us in the
womb.
*It is God whose work is in the making.
*It is God who knows each molecule of
our frames.
*It is God whose eyes carefully watch
our "unformed substance" take human
shape.
*It is God who, from the very beginning
planned the days of our lives before
we were born.
It is easy for some to dismiss the unborn child as mere tissue without independent life or meaning. David's awed contemplation on the mystery of birth makes it hard for the Christian to as easily dismiss God's role in the creation of a child. *Taken from Larry Richards~The Personal Growth Study Bible NKJ Version.
I don't have an answer for the woman/girl of rape or incest...I do know of a woman who is the product of both (I speak the truth)! And she has allowed the LORD to use her and her life story to help other women. Her mother (whom I haven't met) had to be strong to endure such horrible act and bring forth a child...a child that is now a Mighty Woman of GOD!
I say strong because I fell short of being strong. But I praise the LORD that out of it I have an experienced-compassion for those women who have made the decision of abortion for whatever reason...I'm just there to up pick them up and walk with them
and let them experience the Love of our LORD, Christ Jesus!
Shalom
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