Five women left the abortion center before the abortionist arrived. They were all in there a long time, so we think they sat and listened to our pleas on the microphone, examined their troubled consciences, and chose life. Only one of the five confirmed she had chosen life, but we felt the others probably did as well. (They are told not to stop and talk with us, and one woman Saturday told us the pro-choice escorts threatened that the Charlotte Police Department would “ticket” her if she stopped...something the police department has NEVER communicated to us.)
That was wonderfully exciting, but perhaps not as amazing as what we learned when a car pulled over and the driver began telling us her story.
Before I share what happened next, let me tell you a little about what we do as sidewalk counselors. Our mission is to spread the truth and hope of Jesus to everyone we encounter while ministering in front of the abortion center. We know that unless someone intervenes, innocent babies will die by the dozens each day, so our focus is to speak on behalf of those unborn babies. However, the Bible states that God desires that no one should perish. We pray for the pro-choice crowd, the security people, the pregnant women, their friends and support people, post-abortive women, and the abortion workers.
Each time I see an abortion worker, I call out to her, “Abortionworker.com! They will help you leave this job so you do not need to harm babies for a living! They help with salary, finding jobs, and other needs. Abortionworker.com!”
For years, one of the pro-life movement’s most staunch laborers has been Flip Benham. He is the man that actually brought Jane Roe, of the pivotal Supreme Court case legalizing abortion (Roe V Wade), to the Lord and baptized her. He has been praying for years with one woman in particular who worked at the Charlotte abortion clinic. He told her to call him when she left her job.
She was the driver of the car. She and her friend had BOTH quit their jobs at the abortion center, and they wanted Flip to know.
I spoke at length with her later in the day. I discovered that she has proclaimed Jesus as Lord. She knew she should not be working at the abortion center, but struggled with raising her family, making ends meet, and the constant stress of unexpected financial burdens trapped her in a job that she knew was not what God would have her do.
She heard the sidewalk counselors speak over the microphone day after day, year after year. She would laugh at the prayers, the verses, the offers of help...but then she would think about them. She recognized that there was truth in what they were saying. Finally the day came when she decided enough was enough. She quit.
“The weight of the world was lifted from my soul,” she told me.
Now this brave woman, stepping out in faith, needs help. She has children to whom she wants to bring a magical Christmas, but no income to do so. The ministry that helps abortion workers find new work will be helping her, and Cities4Life along with Lovelife Charlotte will try to help her as well in securing a new job. Until then, funds to live upon will be very tight.
We need a family or church willing to “adopt” this mom and her kids to provide Christmas gifts to bless her family. Gas and grocery cards would be very welcome. If you are interested in showing the love of Jesus in this way, please contact me at vkaseorg@cities4life.com and I will connect you with her.
When I was urging her to remember that it is of no profit “to gain the whole world but lose your soul,” she told me she understood, and agreed. She said while she knows there will be struggles as a result of this decision, she already had a wonderful testimony. She was out of gas and out of money. She had fallen to her knees, asking God to help her. A friend showed up unexpectedly and handed her $100 knowing she had just left her job and might need some help.
“When you think you have nothing,” she told me, “God shows up and shouts out.”
Amen!
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Philippians 4:19
And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
Matthew 6:31-32
Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.
Matthew 7:11
If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
Luke 12:24
Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds!
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