Scrubbing Away Evil

I washed my car yesterday. The last time I washed my car, inside and out was....well....  never. So it was a big moment. I find it telling that I spent an hour thoroughly washing my car after returning from my volunteer stint at the abortion mill sidewalk begging mothers to let their babies live. If only evil washed away as quickly as the dirt on my car.

And I am going on record to tell you the dirt did not wash away very quickly.

It was an amazing day yesterday at the abortion mill. Three moms chose to let their babies live within the first hour of our team being on site. And then, one of our counselors, who is deaf, got a car to stop before pulling into the parking lot. She handed the mom our information pamphlet and pointed to the free, pro-life ultrasound unit in the RV parked on the corner. At that point, another counselor, Rebekah, raced over and was able to verbalize what the other deaf counselor could not. Amazingly, the couple decided to go in the ultrasound RV. We had high hopes for baby #4 being saved. They were in there a very long time. In fact, Rebekah's husband and family had to leave and all the other counselors had already left. I offered to stay and drive Rebekah home so she could greet "save #4" as they emerged. Almost ALL the people who see their baby on the ultrasound choose life.

When they emerged, we were all smiles with gifts in hand for them...only to learn they were not at all convinced to choose life. The mother was crying, but it "wasn't the right time for a baby." The man told me, when I asked, that he knew God, and he knew abortion was wrong, but God would forgive and after all, he had driven forty minutes to get there. How could he just waste that gas money and not do what he had come to do?

Rebekah and I tag-teamed our ardent pleas for at least 45 minutes. The couple agreed with everything we said. We were willing to find the man a job and I even had some legitimate contacts in his field. We implored, shared the gospel, spoke of the dangers both physical and emotional, reminded them that for nearly every objection they raised, we had a solution....Then, exhausted, we prayed with them, reminding them that God loved them so much that He sent His only begotten son to die in their stead. Surely a God who sacrificed so much on their behalf would be faithful to see them through whatever struggles doing the right thing might entail. They went to talk in their truck. We had to leave so Rebekah could get to her son's doctor appointment in time.

I texted the couple a few minutes later, with the verse, "Remember, nothing is impossible with God. We can do all things through Christ who strengthens us! Praying for your decision."
They did not text back.

So in the end, Rebekah and I felt ready to collapse, as though we had fought a war. And indeed, we had. But the war is not of flesh and blood. We all have the choice for God or not God. I fear the couple chose not God. And I went home after dropping Rebekah off and cleaned my car, scrubbing the dirt off till it shone like a new creation.

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Micah 2:1 

Woe to those who devise wickedness and work evil on their beds! When the morning dawns, they perform it, because it is in the power of their hand.

Acts 3:19 

Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out,

John 14:15 

“If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

Psalm 73:1-28 

A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart. But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled, my steps had nearly slipped. For I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. For they have no pangs until death; their bodies are fat and sleek. They are not in trouble as others are; they are not stricken like the rest of mankind.

Proverbs 14:12 

There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.

Exodus 20:13 

“You shall not murder.