The Need and Right to Know
My heart aches for women facing crisis pregnancies, but in the early days, there was no question whether a pregnant woman was carrying a human being or not. Everyone knew she carried a child. And every woman who plans a pregnancy knows the moment she has confirmation of conception that she is carrying a precious ...
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Love this! I worked in a crisis pregnancy center and women just need hope. They know deep down they're carrying a baby and the minute they see that moving being on an ultrasound they know that with certainty/ They just have so much fear, especially when they don't have any support around them. We're always praying for those women going through unexpected/unwanted pregnancies and agains't facilites (like PP) who only give them a "way out", not the true support they want/need.
We need more women and men of faith to proclaim candidly and honestly that fear is not a good compass; that mistakes do not mean the end of life; and that God still can use us mightily after our mistakes!! But more than anything we need churches to be less condemning; to stop imposing insurmountable shame; and to be the place where sinners can come to for forgiveness and unlimited grace!!
Sign me: still dealing with the stigma of shame, having been kicked to the curb by the "forgiving" church!!