Reclaiming Our Children: A Blog About Healing After Abortion

Understanding: Sometimes we who are post
abortive will beat ourselves up for years for our abortion decision. Sometimes
we will blame everyone but our selves or continue to rationalize it in some way
or another. It is important to look at our abortion decision honestly and to
ask God to give us the strength and courage to take responsibility for our part
while forgiving others. Do I seek true understanding of my abortion?

This takes time in the healing process. we often are afraid to look at what really happened and so tend to rationalize or make excuses for ourselves or others. Looking at our abortions honestly does not mean blaming others, nor does it mean blaming only ourselves. It means looking at the circumstances that caused everyone to act the way they did. What was our understanding of abortion? Did someone encourage us to abort? Were people there for us to support another decision? Did my husband, boyfriend, parents ,friends etc, truly think they were helping me…had they too bought into abortions lies? By looking and understanding we are then able to forgive others and ourselves and to change the parts of our lives that need to be changed in order to be sure we do not make the same mistakes again.

Pray for the grace to see your abortion and the circumstances surrounding it, the way God is able to see it, not to blame, but to understand.