My dear readers!
This is a personal testimony from one of our children. We had five children, all wonderful people. As I approach my twilight years, I become more and more grateful for them and their contributions to life. They have been more than a joy to us, they have also become our inspiration. Unfortunately, our eldest son chose to leave life at the tender age of 19, but even from this tragedy, lilies grew on the rod of sorrow.
This is our youngest son. When I became pregnant with this child, my doctor, who was also a personal friend, was very worried. He was so sure that he would not survive the pregnancy due to complications when our fourth child was born (the surgeon told me a few days after the birth of our fourth child: “We almost lost the mother and the baby”). My doctor told me (this was before Roe v. Wade) that I could have what he called a therapeutic abortion, it was legal and it was a “choice” I could make without permanent damage to my conscience.
Well, I made my “choice” and had the baby thing. This baby is now 40 years old, an impressive presence and delight. He is a son, husband, and father, and I can’t imagine him not being a part of our lives. His wife, whom we love as much as we love our son, is a wonderful lady, and they have given us three grandchildren who have given our sunset years more happiness than we could have imagined. I guess my point is this: faith that God can get us through tough times definitely pays off. This young man and his family are so good! If he had chosen to remove this stain from my life (which is the prevailing notion about that “thing” on mom’s belly), he thinks what we would have missed!
Given the current climate of staying in the comfort zone, I admit that if I had to make a decision today, I might choose to take the easy way out, and I’m embarrassed to admit it. But alas! How grateful I am that God has given me the faith to carry this baby and to grant me the PRIVILEGE of being his mother! Perhaps that is what we have forgotten: that being a mother is being part of the creative act of God. And indeed it is a privilege!
An anonymous shares these thoughts:
Would you consider abortion in the following four situations?
1. There is a preacher and a wife who are very, very poor. They already have 14 children. She Now she discovers that she is pregnant with her fifteenth! They are living in tremendous poverty. Considering her poverty and excessive world population, would you recommend that she have an abortion?
2. The father is sick with a cold, the mother has tuberculosis. They have four children. The first child is blind, the second is dead. The third son is deaf, the fourth has tuberculosis. She discovers that she is pregnant again. Given the dire situation, would she consider recommending abortion?
3. A white man raped a 13-year-old black girl and she got pregnant. If you were her parents, would you consider recommending abortion?
4. A teenage girl is pregnant. She is not married. Her fiancé is not the baby’s father and he is very upset. Would you consider recommending abortion?
If you had recommended abortion in any of these situations, you should know that…
In the first case, you recommended killing John Wesley, one of the great evangelists of the 19th century.
In the second case, you recommended killing Ludwig Von Beethoven, one of the most famous musical composers of all time. (He also died at a young age.)
In the third case, you recommended killing Ethel Waters, one of the country’s leading gospel singers.
In the fourth case, you just recommended killing Jesus Christ.
