Posted in Abortion

This week, Scott has been talking about teaching our Homeschoolers about abortion. He mentioned that it is part of health education and also has a link to an essay contest for Homeschoolers. This is a hard topic, because it pulls at our heart strings so much. . As a congregation, our small church long ago would pray at the abortion clinics weekly. Many women just needed a door to open for them, many came home and lived with church families and had their babies. For too many, that door opened after the procedure. The love and grace this body poured out on women of abortion healed so many broken women and broken hearts. There really are no degrees in sin. Divorce isn't worse than lying; stealing isn’t worse than abortion. All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. All ....not those that we score higher on our "your sin is bigger than my sin" scorecards. I believe that is the part of abortion we need to teach our children besides the facts and medical procedures. Compassion not disgust and judgment. It is said almost half of the women and men in church have had abortions or contributed to the abortion of their children or grandchildren. They sit beside you every Sunday. Our church in New Hampshire taught me that the pain , tears and grief I felt was not the unforgiveness that I thought it was, it was not unforgivable because that is saying it is too big for God to forgive my sin which is pride. It was simply a mommie grieving for the loss of her child. The difference is, when a women miscarries, the compassion poured out on her allows her to grieve and begin healing. She will grieve her whole life, knowing someone she loves isn't there. And the world understands that. When you have a hand in the execution of your child, there is little compassion and you are instantly told to get over it. So when you don't get over it, you tell yourself, God must not have forgiven me or I would be past this by now. Each tear condemns you. When you hear that you are simply grieving for your precious baby and God's forgiveness is total, each tear is cleansing. God is a God of Compassion and we are to be like him. He has come to bind up the broken hearted, and set captives free. A woman walking into a clinic needs a hand reaching out to them offer a way out; a woman walking out of an abortion clinic needs arms around them. They will know you are a Christian by your love for one another. Even 34 years and 5 days later........ Some topics are hard.......