When my son, Justin, came along, the doctors braced us for the possibility of severe genetic abnormalities and a life full of challenges. It didn't matter. We were prepared to sell everything and start over, if that was what our children needed.
Thankfully, my son came out perfect, healthy and whole. My daughter is also healthy and whole. I'm the super-proud mom of 3 amazingly bright, good-looking, multi-talented kids.
Life was a nightmarish struggle for a decade; sweating every bill, selling off possessions to keep the roof over our head, watching as God stripped away the trappings till only the truly valuable things remained.
Fowler and her ilk would be shocked to discover my career didn't suffer in the least. When my family needed it, I took a position that allowed me to work from home, completely rocked it, and earned multiple national awards. As we cleared financial hurdles and the kids got older, I took a different position and rocked that, too. I went from Executive Director in the non-profit world to Vice President in the property management world. We just bought our dream home in a stunning community with some of the best-rated schools in north Texas.
Nowhere, in any of this, did I ever think it was okay to destroy the lives God had entrusted to me. Never did I think my "career" was more important than the souls God allowed me to care for. Never would I think that God, the Giver of Life, the One who knew us before He knit us in the womb, would be okay with me voluntarily ending any of my pregnancies. That was not my choice to make, but His!
Creatures like this are the reason why I will NEVER go to a church with a woman pastor, and I'm a woman!
Wow—see, you trusted God, and did the right thing, in spite of all the hardships, and He prospered you.
Each life is unique and precious.
How could a life be throw away for something so ephemeral as a career?
For this “reverend”, the guilt must be rationalized away by believing that some “greater good” outweighed the infant sacrifice that was performed.
Your story sounds like it could be an inspiration to others.
I hope you will write it and publish it.
Wonderful testimonial. Thank you.
Solo Deo Gloeia!
May God Bless You.
Your post really ministered to me today. Thank You.