Letter to Post Abortion Women & Men

During that long period, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned in their slavery and cried out, and their cry for help because of their slavery went up to God. God heard their groaning and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob. So God looked on the Israelites and was concerned about them.
– Exodus 3:23-25

     Long ago and in a place far away, the Israelites were trapped in slavery to Egyptian pharaohs for years upon years. They suffered under the oppression of their slave drivers so long that it was hard to remember anything else had ever existed. They cried out to God who heard their groaning and saw their misery. God sent Moses to tell the Israelites four things:

• He had seen their misery;
• He had heard their cries;
• He was concerned about their suffering; and
• He was going to rescue them and bring them to a place flowing with milk and honey.

     For many women and men who have made an abortion decision or had a wanted child aborted, the concept of being trapped and oppressed is easy to grasp. Often they struggle with anger, guilt and forgiveness as well as a great number of other “pharaohs” to whom they pay tribute.

     If you are such an individual, I have good news for you. God is concerned about you. He has heard your cries and seen your suffering, and He wants to bring you to a better place – a place of healing and deliverance from the war you have waged against yourself.

    As a child I was quite fond of fairy tales. Frequently, the stories would begin with words that sounded very much like “long ago and in a place far away.” For years, I thought healing from an abortion experience was like a fairy tale – a “story” – except no one lived “happily ever after.” I was wrong. God was bigger than my pain and, incredible as it sounded to me at the time, He wanted to heal me. I leave you with one more incredible truth: He wants to heal you as well.

I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation.
– 2 Corinthians 6:2(b)

 

 

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