Overcoming Evil with Good

I got a text picture yesterday morning. This is a baby who was slated to die on a Monday a few months ago. It was a cold day, and I was on the microphone while standing on the sidewalk outside the abortion center. I was urging women in that hopeless place to know that no matter how terrible their circumstances, God was there and more than able to help them. Not only was following God and doing the right thing always best, but we volunteers shivering on the sidewalk could offer real hope and real help. I urged them to please come talk with us. Please, take the first step and get our free ultrasound.

A mama drove out of the center, when her boyfriend urged her to talk to those people on the sidewalk. She stopped near me, rolled down her window, and said, "OK...where is that free ultrasound?"

For many months, after the sweet mama, "V" chose life for her baby, she and I met for lunches, and became friends. I texted her daily Bible verses, and we spoke often of God, and His plan for her life. Cities4Life (charlotte.cities4life.org)  supporters got this mama a winter coat, money when bills piled up, maternity clothes, a 3-d ultrasound, and a lavish baby shower providing two years of all the baby's needs, including clothing and equipment. (Truth and Mercy Ministries: http://www.truthandmercyprolife.org/ ) V still had struggles, and her assurance she could do this wavered at times. Having a network of support and real help, and the daily dose of God, kept her on track when she threatened to derail.

And yesterday, this little miracle breathed her first breath.

What more needs to be said? I am filled with joy.
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James 4:17 

So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.

Romans 12:21 

Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Isaiah 1:17

Learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow's cause.

Matthew 5:10-12 

“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. “Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Colossians 3:17 

And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.