Reclaiming Our Children: A Blog About Healing After Abortion

We’re all familiar with the children’s story of “The Three Little Pigs”. They all thought that they were pretty self sufficient. After being sent out to seek their fortune by an old sow, they each went about the business of building their own house.

The first was made of straw. As the tale goes the wolf came and sought to enter, when the pig refused, he was met with this chant, “I'll puff, and I'll huff, and I'll blow your house in”. Blew it in he did, consuming the little pig!

Pig number two did not fare much better having built his house with sticks. Once again the wolf approached;” I'll puff, and I'll huff, and I'll blow your house in”. Sadly, the house collapsed and pig number two was added to the menu.

The third little pig was much smarter and built his house with bricks. When the wolf approached with his threats of puffing, he found that this o house would not come down, and so he tempted the pig by enticing him with vegetable from the garden thinking he would be able to devour him when they met there, however the third pig was on to him and went to the garden and back before the wolf showed up. And so the story continues as the wolf tries various plots to consume the pig, but the pig in the end is the victor as he sets a trap for the wolf that comes down in chimney to boiling water.

This children’s tale reminds me of my journey to God. I always thought I knew what was best and instead of looking for direction from God, I set out on my own only to have the “wolf” and my own personal weaknesses cause havoc in my life. I often speak of how I built my house on straw and lost everything, because God wanted me to build my house on the rock which is Him!

It took much suffering before I learned and trusted Him with my life. At times it appeared that I would never survive and that He was stripping me of all I held dear, but I grew to know what He did was for my salvation and my road map to Him.

Jesus tells us a story similar to the Three Little Pigs in Matt 7:23-27

“Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them
will be like a wise man who built his house on rock.
The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and buffeted the house.
But it did not collapse; it had been set solidly on rock.
And everyone who listens to these words of mine but does not act on them
will be like a fool who built his house on sand.
The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and buffeted the house.
And it collapsed and was completely ruined.” Matt 7: 23-27

May we each build our houses the Rock, Jesus Christ, knowing that by doing so, we are safe from the prowling of the wolf and from our own weaknesses.