When I awake I am still with You

“How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them! Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand— when I awake, I am still with you.”

‭‭Psalm‬ ‭139:17-18‬ ‭NIV‬‬

During my daily Bible reading I got stuck on this  verse. When I awake, I am still with you jumped out at me with poignant sorrow. I stand with other volunteers on the sidewalks of abortion centers for the ministry Cities4Life, proclaiming life and hope and help to the abortion-minded mothers. Most of the time they still abort. Those women will awaken this morning.  But the little babies they just slaughtered will never see the blue sky, the sparkling dew on the grass, or hear the song of an early spring Robin. They will not still be with us.

Today across 20 cities of our nation, an  event called Day of Mourning will be observed. People will hear the testimonies and prayers of a woman who Chose Life!, a young girl rescued from abortion, and people involved in the pro-life movement. We will collectively grieve the horrific evil of abortion that our nation has sanctified for decades. We will mourn for those babies who never had a voice and many of whom never had an advocate speaking on their behalf.

It is raining, and bone chilling cold, but our team will be faithfully proclaiming the hope of the Gospel as well as offering tangible help in front of the abortion center this morning. Maybe some of the mothers’ hearts will be turned to their children and their babies will be spared. When that happens, we all rejoice. It is sometimes hard to find new volunteers despite so many people who are repulsed by recent legislation adding new states to the roster of those who will abort a baby for any reason up to the moment of birth.

Please consider joining us. If you can’t volunteer on the sidewalk, consider a donation of your time or money in other areas in which we need support and help. Maybe then you will receive a text one day like this one from a woman who Chose Life! and submitted her life to Jesus as the result of the faithful witnesses of many of our counselors:

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