I recently asked my friend, Anna, to share her heart on how we can respond and live “On Mission” around the topic of abortion. I have to admit, she wrote this directly to me. I’m the “ostrich mom” that just wants to “pretend” it isn’t happening, but it is… sadly.
If abortion is a hard topic for you, I encourage you to read this, seek Godly council, and pray about how you can respond. If you have chosen abortion in your past, please know that you are loved and welcome here.
“I don’t wanna look! I cannot do it! My poor baby.” I have literally cried out these words at each of my 3 babies’ well check-up appointments as shots and immunizations are administered. I hide my face in my hands as an ostrich hides his face in the sand. I mean, if I cannot see it, it is not really happening, right? And, if I don’t see it, the pain of my heart will be spared. That sounds fair, right?
Wrong.
I never knew, in my “pre-kiddo” life, the heartstrings that would be tugged as I read stories of loss and death, especially with babies and young kids. After all, after you become a parent, you essentially see your babies’ faces in all the suffering babies around you. However, as their parents, we choose to advocate for our “babies” in every way because we know that they cannot speak up for themselves. This is why my family has felt such a tug recently to “speak up” for the most defenseless of all, the unborn children in America and in our world.
As Psalm 139 hangs on walls throughout Christian homes, are we really believing each person is “knit together in the womb”, if we cannot find the time to educate ourselves and take a stand to what is going on in abortion centers across America?
The videos and images are hard that are coming across our social media platforms these days. Recently, a former abortion doctor spoke about his previous work in an abortion center and how the baby is literally “ripped” in pieces from the mother’s womb and then put back together to ensure they got every body part. As hard as that was for my ears to hear and eyes to see, I forced myself to bear through it and become familiar with the reality of what is happening every 90 seconds in our country as babies are being torn apart.
So what can we do?
1. Watch the Videos & Read the Books.
Go see the recent movie, “Unplanned,” but be prepared to leave with a broken heart. But use that broken heart for good! Let those tears shed take action for the tears that are silently falling every day in wombs across the world.
2. Be informed!
As easy as it is to say, “Oh, I cannot bear to watch those,” it cannot keep us from doing so! I’ve included resources below to help you start learning.
3. Get involved in your local Pregnancy Center.
Donate your time, finances and prayer to the ones who are “fighting the good fight” each day for the speechless and helping those mothers who feel utterly lost. These centers are providing help and resources for those who may feel as if abortion is the only option. We are so blessed to have the Carolina Pregnancy Center right here in SC.
4. Celebrate our Littles in life and on social media.
I am having to preach this one to myself on this one because I love a funny mom meme where the laughter can be heard from suburbs around. Sometimes as we consider the dreadful body changes, rigorous nighttime rituals, and potty training techniques that are “endured” through Motherhood they can either make us laugh or cry or laugh until we cry. But maybe when we post the stresses and the hard, that sweet mama begins to panic and think, “I don’t want to be a mom, not if I have to endure that!” May we celebrate the “blessings from the Lord” (Psalm 127:3) that these little ones are, and may we not be those who give the report that make others’ “hearts melt” (Deut. 1:28) at the thoughts of carrying/raising a child.
5. Pray!
We live in South Carolina where there are currently 2 abortion centers. Go to the buildings and pray, but if you cannot, pray where you are. Pray for sweet mamas who are making hard decisions. Pray for doctors and nurses. Pray for families to step up and support these mamas. Just pray! May the Lord hear the cries of our hearts as we know He is hearing the “innocent blood crying from the ground.” Genesis 4:10
As “On Mission Moms,” I pray that our hearts would come together to keep the hearts of little ones beating until the Lord chooses to call them home.
Here are just a few resources that my family recommends:
Unplanned by Abby Johnson. There is a book and movie which just released.
If The Walls Could Talk by Abby Johnson
Live Action Ministries (subscribe to their YouTube Channel)
The Carolina Pregnancy Center, Spartanburg
Ex-abortion Doctor Interview, https://youtu.be/A16gzm9eaa8
onmissionmoms.com 