Reclaiming Our Children: A Blog About Healing After Abortion

As I had noted in the beginning of these meditations they were written in 2009 and I am repeating them for Lent. Yesterday we had our sibling day. As I sat with these siblings of aborted babies I could not help thinking of what a struggle it is to get our voices heard, never mind thiers! If society won't acknowledge the impact on women and even men, when will they ever be able to admit abortions impact on the siblings of those babies. So, although this post is about being a voice for our aborted children I think it is time to begin to be a voice for our living ones as well and the harm abortion has done to them.

I find these days vey profound. I cannot help but think of  54 million abortions and how many siblings there are out there. I also could not help but wonder how those living with pro choice mom's whose abortions "don't bother" them feel.What is going on in their heads?

I cringe at the damage we have done to our children, the heartbreak and confuision we have caused, but I also trust and rejoice in th e love, mercy and forgiveness of Jesus Christ who I have no doubt is beginning to move this movement of siblings. I ask you all to keep these very special courageous people in you r prayers and also that this segment of the ministry continues to grow so that it will be known and they can have a place to come and share.

In the gospels we hear about prophets who were not recognized in their own towns. Although I obviously do not think post abortive women are prophets in the same sense, I do believe that many times,  no one really  hears their voice in the abortion issue, although that has been changing with ministries like Silent no More and Operation Outcry

Although it has gotten much better and continues to improve,many times, pro choice people are busy trying to keep abortion legal at any expense, and the pro life people seem to focus on the unborn, when in fact, we never can separate the two. If post abortive people do speak, one side seems to focus only on how abortion was good, the other sometimes wants them to speak only so they can say how bad it was. Neither, at times, seem very concerned with the soul of the person who is speaking. We all tend to lean towards our own agendas.

I have always been of the mindset that God not only wants to protect the unborn, but he also wants to reclaim the souls of those who participate in abortion. Souls that belong to Him and whom He loves. I believe if we listen and minister to them for no other reason than that they are children of God, who need reconciliation and healing, He will take care of all the rest. I believe through them abortion will end. As Dave Reardon says, “who better to speak for the unborn than their mothers”.

Whenever I read about lepers in the bible, I associate it with the feelings I had surrounding my abortion. I never felt like I quite belonged anywhere. I felt like a leper because I had participated in the death of my own child.  Judgment seemed to be everywhere and I always felt caught in the middle of the debate.

Through the grace of God, post abortive men and women are getting their own voice. May we never look to our own agendas, but always look to the will o f God and what He is asking of each of us. May we never exploit anyone for “numbers” or what we want to happen but may we lead each soul back into the arms of Mary, who always leads us on the steady path to her son who wants to heal the "lepers".