Christine here: Today's guest shares on a sensitive issue. So many frightened women make the choice to abort their babies. My heart aches for them in their fear, and later in their intense loss. It is my prayer that the following story will encourage those who are hurting, and to remind you that God sees the smallest sparrow fall, and cares.
and now...Healing in the Aftermath of Abortion by Eileen Rife
Her urgent voice traveled over the phone
line.
“Where are you, honey?” I sat at my station,
scribbling notes on a form provided by the crisis pregnancy center.
“I’m in a phone booth. My mom’s in the
grocery store, and she wants me to get an abortion, but I don’t want another
one. And if Daddy finds out I’m pregnant, he’ll kick me out of the house.”
I’d received many such intake calls over my
two years working at the center. Desperate unwed moms, most of them teenagers,
crying out for hope and help. Some of them succumbing to abortions, others,
thankfully ending up on our doorstep. My heart hurt for them and also for their
unborn babies whose lives hung in the balance. I’d seen the prenatal pictures
of a baby’s development, but never did the reality of preborn human life hit me
harder than in 1981.
In November of that year, my husband and I lost our second
baby at four months gestation—a perfectly-formed baby boy spanning the length
of the obstetrician’s hand. He called it a “spontaneous abortion.” We called
him David Nathaniel.
I had no choice in the abortion. My body
simply and horribly rejected my child. I not only grieved over my loss, but for
all the babies who had been aborted by choice. And for all the mothers who had
been duped into thinking that their babies were merely globs of tissue, easily
discarded. To my horror, four years later, we lost another baby—Allison Marie.
Viewing my premature babies, complete with
miniature fingernails and tiny toes, gave me a greater appreciation for the
sacredness of life at every stage. Sadly, to date, over 50 million babies have
died due to abortion on demand. How God’s great heart must grieve over this
senseless slaughter of innocent lives. Psalm 139 details how a loving God
carefully and meticulously fashions each one of us in the womb, thinks about us
day and night, covers us with His hand, and numbers all our days. We are made
in His image. So, both preborn babies and
their mothers are precious to God. To destroy a life He has created is to
tamper with His image. In the case of abortion, a baby’s physical life is
destroyed and the mother’s emotional, spiritual, and sometimes even physical
well-being is damaged.
Eileen Rife
is a veteran homeschool mom and author of several nonfiction books, including Wit & Wisdom from the Wee Ones
(OakTara), as well as five fiction titles: The Born for India trilogy (Journey to Judah, Restored Hearts, and Chosen Ones), Second Chance, and Laughing with Lily. Her byline has
appeared in numerous magazines, including Marriage
Partnership, Light & Life, Mature Living, On Mission, Discipleship Journal,
and Christian Home & School. She
and her husband, Chuck, conduct marriage seminars and speak on a variety of
topics for church groups and organizations in the States and overseas. Readers may visit Eileen at www.eileenrife.com, www.eileen-rife.blogspot.com, and www.guardyourmarriage.com.
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