I have been on both sides of the debate during my lifetime for different reasons. But God always brings me back to the side of pro-life. This isn't to say I am not pro-choice as well. I just happen to believe that those choices should be made to prevent an abortion. Some of these choices are:
Abstinance
Adoption
These are all choices that can be made as opposed to killing an unborn child. Are these choices easy? Absolutely not. Abstinance means using self-control. Adoption means the heartbreak of saying goodbye to a child that you nurture in the womb for nine months. Being a mother, however, is filled with acts of unselfish, unconditional love. Giving your child life is the first of these, and even if it is the last thing you do, you can know you did the best for your child.
Then there are the other questions revolving around pregnancies that are the result of rape or incest. I have to admit I struggled with this one for a long time. Still, God speaks to me and says, "All life is a gift from God". Who are we to rip this life away when God placed it there?
God is the only true Light in this dark world we live in. He brings joy where there is despair...hope where there is hopelessness...laughter where there are tears...goodness where there is evil. Perhaps a baby conceived from an evil act is God's way of bringing light and love into a horrible situation.
"You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body
and knit me together in my mother's womb.
Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!
Your workmanship is marvelous...and how well I know it.
You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion,
as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.
You saw me before I was born.
Every day of my life was recorded in your book.
Every moment was laid out before a single day passed.
How precious are your thoughts about me, O God!
They are innumerable!" Psalm 139: 13-17
When I read this passage from the Bible, my heart feels the love that God has for me, and for every innocent child that is conceived and then tragically eliminated. This is why my heart breaks for these tiny victims. There are so many. The numbers are absolutely staggering, and America is complicit in this mass genocide.
My heart also breaks for the mothers who are often led to make this decision without having all of the information regarding abortion or all of the information regarding other alternatives. Those who live with having committed abortion are often left with emotional scars that are difficult to heal. I would say to the women who have had abortions....God loves you. And God will forgive you as well if you but confess and ask him. He is merciful and loving in ways that we cannot even comprehend.
To those who consider themselves to be pro-choice, I would respectfully ask you to become more informed. Very often we latch onto a cause without all of the information. To anyone who is currently considering having an abortion, I would beg you to reconsider. The life you carry inside is your child put there by God for a reason. The child you abort
