Reclaiming Our Children: A Blog About Healing After Abortion

"Mary said, "Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord.
May it be done to me according to your word (will)"

It is hard to do things according to God's "will." It seems to fly against our very nature.
Our culture promotes many things that are offensive to God and I think that we become so accustomed to some of the things we do not even recognize how offensive they are.We need to always be on alert.

Unlike Mary who said "yes" to God with no hesitation, I often battle with myself many times when He asks something of me. Especially if it has to do with stepping out of my comfort zone and opening myself up to self sacrifice. But isn't that what He asks of us?  The same thing He did…self sacrifice. Dying to self for the love of others.

Even in my healing, I remember being resistant to the many helps He put in my way. I did not want to go for counseling, to learn post abortion's impact, I struggled each time I went to see my spiritual director. I was afraid to look at myself. and afraid to find out how bad I thought I was.

The funny thing is, once I conquer my will I was always so glad that I followed His instead of mine!

We all said "no" to God when it came to our unborn children. Unlike Mary, we rejected the gift of life that God gave us. Let us not reject His promptings in our life now as we entrust our healing to His care like Mary whose "yes" resounded always to Jesus.