Grace Walk
Walk with Me and work with Me--watch how I do it.
Learn the unforced rhythms of grace.
I won't try to lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you.
Keep company with Me and you'll learn to live freely and lightly.

-Matthew 11:29-30 The Message


Hidden Treasures
One of the most satisfying aspects of writing
is that it can open in us deep wells of hidden treasures
that are beautiful for us as well as for others to see.

-Henri Nouwen in Bread for the Journey

A Modern Day Psaltery
David wrote psalms to express
what was in his heart.
Seeing no need to hide what he felt,
he wrote with sincerity, and with no hidden agenda.
What he felt was never taken against him.
Pray, dear reader, discern my heart between the lines.
Dinah Maria Craik couldn't have said it better:
"Oh the comfort -- the inexpressible comfort
of feeling safe with a person --
having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words,
but pouring them all right out, just as they are,
chaff and grain together;
certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them,
keep what is worth keeping,
and then, with the breath of kindness
blow the rest away."

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

"Making God Smile"


For You formed my inward parts;
You covered me in my mother's womb,
I will praise You,
for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
marvelous are Your works,
and that my soul knows very well.

Psalm 139:13,14




I am unashamedly pro-life, anti-abortion.

Below are two videos that are so clear, nothing more needs to be said about them.



Gianna Jessen Abortion Survivor - Part 1




Gianna Jessen Abortion Survivor - Part 2

11 comments:

Mari said...

I have seen her before and she has an amazing testimony!

Andrea said...

I use to sing this verse to my children when they were babies and young...what a beautiful passage and a powerful message.

Terry said...

i am not ashamed to be anti-abortions either crown of beauty, if i was for it we would have to call it by its real name..pro murder!
crown of beauty did you ever see the video that was made by Dr. Bernard Nathanson who was himself responsible for 75,000 abortions before he repented of it and now this movie is showed all over the place.
the christian channel here played it once and almost immediately it was pulled off the air.
crown of beauty it is a very hard movie to watch!


love terry

Heart2Heart said...

I too believe the same as you do, but it wasn't until God changed me from the inside out that I truly understood what that meant.

I have shared my personal testimony about having an abortion and the pain that you will carry for the remainder of your life because I felt God was leading me to share it. The feelings of guilty and shame that you carry with you is not something the clinics ever share with you and something horrible you take with you, long after you leave.

Love and Hugs ~ Kat

Beautiful Grace said...

Years ago, while working on a postpartal unit, I cared for a woman whose story I will never forget. She had used abortion as a form of birth control, subsequently having multiple elective procedures. After marrying, she and her husband desired to have children, but the damage done to this woman's cervix resulted in multiple miscarrages. A procedure was completed on this woman in which the doctor actaully sewed the cervix closed preventing the premature delivery of the baby. This woman's labor proceeded and unexpectedly, the full-term child was born dead. It was after this horrific experience that I cared for this woman. I will never forget holding her hand and weeping with her as she repeatedly said, "No one ever told me the consequences of abortion." I was so impacted by this patient, that I spoke with a consulor from a local crisis pregnancy center the next day. I determined that someday I would use my nursing skills to educate women about the destructive physical, spiritual, and emotional consequneces of abortion.

Andrea said...

Oh, thank you so much for sharing this powerful testimony, Lidj! My heart is moved with grief and pain over babies lost and thanksgiving for God's miracle in Gianna's life.

Let God be true, and man a liar! So many are deceived and cold about abortion. How long? How long will it continue?

We must all take this to heart and earnestly pray!

Many blessings today!

With Christ's Love,

Andrea

Katie said...

Thank you for sharing this. I'm going to post it on mine, as well, I think.

I've heard her speak before (over the Internet), so what struck me this time was, not only her eloquence, but her confidence in who she is...how much deeper her walk with God has gotten. Those parts of her message that are an inspiration to all of us, that her mother's anger and accusations were not hers to keep and carry. What an eloquent way of demonstrating that!

Annie said...

Such a moving speech. God desires the weak things of this world to shame the things which are strong. Jesus said to His people, "Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father; the one who accuses you is Moses, in whom you have set your hope. For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me, for he wrote about Me." There are other places where Scripture presents the idea of those from among us who have gone before being the ones whom we will have to face at judgment. I don't understand all the ins and outs of it ... but I can't help but think that this girl has a call to stand as a pillar of judgment to the people, to divide between the holy and the profane. Anyone who has heard her can no longer say, "I didn't know." Powerful.

Thanks, Lidj.

Julie said...

Hello sweet friend.

Loved this picture...and of course, love the verse...as you probably already know! : )

Thanks for stopping by again the other day. I always love your visits and your sweet words. You always bless me!

Hugs!

Mrs. Mac said...

Awesome testimony in favor of God given life. BTW .. we opted not to be tested for birth defects with Nathan. I would not allow the doctor to mention the word abortion to me. When my child was born with Down syndrome, the callous doctor didn't even bother to physically examine me before discharging me. He simply signed my papers. The only caring people were the infant photographer and the social worker.

Last week an late term abortionist was murdered at church. While I don't condone his murder, neither did I shed a tear.

Yolanda said...

I am so praying for abortions to CEASE!