The mother of this baby almost aborted him. Even after talking with our Cities4Life team, she remained conflicted. She went home to ongoing boyfriend and family problems. It had been weeks...and she had still not told her mother she was pregnant. I shared the Gospel with her as she wrestled with deep questions of life and she first did not want to commit to Jesus, just as she was not quite committing to her baby. A few days went by. We stayed in touch. I continued to share bible verses with her daily. She called me and asked if she could now ask Jesus to be Lord. We prayed together and she submitted her life to God.
A few days later she told her mother she was pregnant...who was unexpectedly supportive.
New complications with her life arose, and she called me again. She did not know how she could go through with having this baby. My first thought was Really??? After how far we have come? My second thought was to continue the process that God had begun and not give up. I reminded her of her commitment to God and shared verses of what God has to say about the precious life of children in the womb.
Jeremiah 1:5
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”
Psalm 139:13-16
For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them
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Again, she said she would not abort, but I knew she had not yet emotionally bonded with the child. Over the next few weeks, LoveLife Charlotte who partners with Cities4Life to mentor and help these women with the church behind them, assigned a mentor to this sweet, conflicted woman. She no longer spoke of abortion, but neither did she rave about the child she carried
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Through our ministries, we sent her for a 3-d ultrasound, provided by Sweet Pea 3-d Imaging in Concord. We believe this is critical in our mission to promote the sacred, precious nature of every little person in the womb, especially if the mother remains ambivalent. I asked her to send me photos she would allow me to share. The very real images form the 3d ultrasound often solidify the bonding of the mom to the child, but also are used to determine gender for the lavish baby shower we provide for every mom who chooses life and is involved in the Lovelife mentorship program.
Morgan, the woman who works with us to provide the ultrasound told me the mom was quiet, but very emotional during the ultrasound. Later, this is what the mom told me the experience helped her to understand as she watched her baby moving on the very realistic 3d screen:
“I'm glad I had a change of mind. Every baby deserves a chance at life. Mistakes happen but if we're given the opportunity of adding a life to this world, we should do the right thing.
Things aren't easy but with God...He will help us.
When I saw my son on the ultrasound, I had mixed emotions, it made me tear up, because it hit me that there's a living baby growing in me..., and it just kinda touched me.
It made it real for the first time.
I love my son and I always will. The day of the 3d ultrasound I first felt that way. I talked to him and I told him that I love him.”
So much of transformation is a process. It is easy to lose heart in the messy parts of pro-life ministry, and there are many messy parts. This is meant to be an encouragement to all of you who labor to help mothers choose life and to ultimately understand and follow God as well as commit to and cherish their child.
Our ministry is designed to promote that first choice for life and continue to provide resources that work to humanize the child and help the mother connect, and reduce the obstacles that led her to consider abortion. It requires a network of supporters and team members with a variety of roles but one purpose: honor God and promote the sanctity of the life He created.
“I love my son and I always will. The day of The 3d ultrasound I first felt that way. I talked to him and I told him that I love him.”
“Things aren’t easy, but with God...He will help us.”
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Luke 1:37
For nothing will be impossible with God.”
Matthew 19:26
But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
1 Corinthians 10:13
No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
Isaiah 62:4
You shall no more be termed Forsaken, and your land shall no more be termed Desolate, but you shall be called My Delight Is in Her, and your land Married; for the Lord delights in you, and your land shall be married.
Hebrews 6:18
So that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us.
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