Recently, the phrase "another unwanted life," used in defense of the "merits" of abortion, left me trembling and raw. How can it be said that someone else's life won't be worth living? That they aren't wanted?
The end of December marked 18 months of waiting for our next child (if you don't count the first 6 months of preparation and paperwork). We are not alone. There are hundreds of thousands of us waiting to adopt "unwanted" children. Some of us waiting for years and years. Waiting for children of every color and physical condition. Praying and waiting for pregnant girls and women to see that there is a way for their child to have a life. And that there is a way for them to go on with their own lives with dignity and purpose. True, it is a great sacrifice to nurture a life in the womb for 9 months. To bear a child and relinquish her into the hands of someone else is not a small thing. But what is it worth, to save someone's life?
I have been moved more than ever in the past 2 years to pray for women with unexpected and unwanted pregnancies. Sometimes I think that perhaps this is part of the purpose of my own pain. That I could carry these women in my heart and pray for them. Praying that they could be bold and courageous. That they could sacrificially love that very small person. That they could be safe. That they could be somebody's hero.
What Audrey's birth mother did for Audrey and for our family, our community and future generations cannot be measured. How grateful I am for all these little ones who have been given a chance to live and for their first mommas who gave them that chance.
Beautiful! My heart echoes yours. I pray for life to again be valued in this country, as much as God values it!
ReplyDeleteWe have lost three babies to miscarriage. And I have given birth to two healthy sons. I value life in the womb. I have experienced the loss of life as well as experienced the miracle of a healthy, new life given through God's grace. There's no denying the miracle of it all!
We are now in the process of becoming foster parents in the hopes to someday adopt. It breaks my heart to think of all the "unwanted" children in this world. It breaks my heart to think of the children who never make it past the womb because of birth mothers who do not know (or may not care) about all their options. It's also sad that our churches, and Christian community, don't love on those mothers who make the right choice. Truly it is a sacrifice and the birth mother's should be honored for choosing life!!
Thanks for sharing!
Rachel B
Such beautiful words of love, truth and compassion Kris woven from your heart for Life, for the precious women in unplanned pregnancies needing support, for the innocent babes and for adoption. God knew these little ones before the foundations of the world and had a purpose, a plan and a family in mind. I am one of those children and ever grateful to my First Father who knew me, protected me in my birth mother's womb and gave me Life and answered the prayers of a godly woman waiting to be a mom. May God bless you Kris and Ed as you wait on the Lord, pray for these women and children, and stand expectantly on tiptoe with faith in God's perfect timing to bring another precious one into your family! Love and prayers!
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