Prefering the Sun

Buckets of rain fell in torrents Sunday. Our yard has become a flood plain. What's worse is it is predicted to rain all day today as well...with temperatures hovering just above freezing. This is my day as a sidewalk counselor at the Abortion Mill. Not exactly the best sort of weather to stand outside for hours, but maybe it will dampen the enthusiasm of those who would venture forth to abort their babies. That would be the hidden blessing in the frigid rain.

Just two days ago, it was sunny and in the 70s. On Saturday, I had gone to my favorite river and kayaked! I am not complaining about the lovely day Saturday. Still, I admit I am not thrilled with the terrible weather today. However, the weather certainly matches the somber task before me today...at least for the first part of the morning. After lunch, God gives me a sunny reprieve. I will be meeting a mother who chose life for her baby through the help of another counselor a few weeks ago. I have the blessing of driving her to her first OB/GYN doctor appointment. 

This is a doctor I want to meet -- he stands on the sidewalks of the abortion mill himself. He urges young women to choose life, and he will deliver their babies for free. This is the doctor who pioneered the reversal of the abortion pill effects, and saved babies that remorseful mothers realized they wanted...after taking the pill that would kill their children. 

Filled with horror and guilt after taking the abortion pill, the first anguished mama was ushered to Dr. Matt, who in my mind, miraculously devised a treatment to save the baby. I may have the story wrong, but he pored over the literature, made some reasoned suppositions, and immediately devised a treatment of progesterone to counteract the pill (R486) effects.  Treatment had to be started within a day of taking the pill. It worked. The baby was born perfectly normal, and the mother now urges others not to do the terrible horror of killing their own child. 

This is a man who loves Jesus in his heart, and in his walk. This is someone who uses the gifts and advantages given him to glorify and follow the convictions in his heart of God's holy purpose for him. How many of us do that? Anyway, I just want to shake this fine man's hand.  I am hoping the mama I am driving will want me in the room with her to view the ultrasound. No rainstorm could drown that joy!

Rain and sun. Sun and rain. God brings them both. Frankly, I prefer to follow the Son, and if possible, radiate His healing warmth.

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Psalm 147: 3-6, 13

3 He heals the brokenhearted
and binds up their wounds.

4 He determines the number of the stars;
he gives to all of them their names.

5 Great is our Lord, and abundant in power;
 his understanding is beyond measure.

6 The Lord lifts up the humble;
he casts the wicked to the ground.

13 For he strengthens the bars of your gates;
he blesses your children within you.

Jeremiah 7:3
Amend your ways and your doings, and let me dwell with you in this place.