Reclaiming Our Children: A Blog About Healing After Abortion

Being so wounded as someone who has had an abortion, you may be stuck on forgiveness…

Forgiving in the Name of God – Henri Nouwen
 
We are all wounded people. Who wounds us? Often those whom we love and those who love us. When we feel rejected, abandoned, abused, manipulated, or violated, it is mostly by people very close to us: our parents, our friends, our spouses, our lovers, our children, our neighbors, our teachers, our pastors. Those who love us wound us too. That's the tragedy of our lives. This is what makes forgiveness from the heart so difficult. It is precisely our hearts that are wounded. We cry out, "You, who I expected to be there for me, you have abandoned me. How can I ever forgive you for that?"

Forgiveness often seems impossible, but nothing is impossible for God. The God who lives within us will give us the grace to go beyond our wounded selves and say, "In the Name of God you are forgiven." Let's pray for that grace.

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Are you or someone you know suffering from the aftermath of an abortion? There is hope.  There is healing.  Visit the Lumina Website for more information.