Reclaiming Our Children: A Blog About Healing After Abortion

Suppose someone told you that it is a mater of life or death, which you must walk through a tunnel of darkness in order to come to the light of life on the other side. The only other option would be to live-in pain and destruction with no escape. No one you could see or feel could walk through it with you, but you are promised this person would be at your disposal. You would be able to speak to them, and they would help you combat any obstacles you may face. It would take a lot of trust into hat person’s love and care for your welfare to begin the journey.

Maybe you do not know that person very well, perhaps you’ve heard of them in a superficial way and know that they have aided others, but you have had no personal relationship with them, or if you had, you have betrayed them.

So, how do you trust? One step at a time. As you slowly move through and learn, through each step, that the person ca be trusted, you begin to trust more to take the next step and the next. Soon, even though walking through danger, you come to believe you will, with the help of that person come out to the other side safely.

Walking in a tunnel of darkness is a difficult thing for anyone. Our senses are off balance and we have no control over our fate. Every step is full of fear. We are afraid of imminent danger. We don’t know what is before us. We imagine all the possibilities we are the most afraid of creeping up on us and destroying us. There may be something ahead that causes us to fall, or more frightening, there may be ghosts of our past lurking in there waiting to do us harm.

This walk is especially difficult for post abortive people who have often times experienced complete isolation and abandonment. It takes a courage found out of desperation, a belief that it is worth the risk to come to an end of the pain. A trust in the merciful love of Jesus Christ our Savior and guide through the journey. He will not let us down!