[SpookBrat]

Thank you so much for sharing that news with us. It fills me with hope. I love that verse in Psalms too. There is so much to love in that book. It's hard to pick a favorite. :)

Regarding my evolution of being 100% prolife, what began the change was a room mate from college. This poor girl was insane and I felt so sorry for her. She was totally off her rocker. Then one sob filled night, she confessed to me that she had managed to hide her pregnancy from her mother for 7 months. When her mom found out, she drove her to Kansas and forced her to get an abortion. Her story and fragile mental state changed my life. That’s when I began to think, “Um, there is something wrong here”. I think about her often and wonder what ever became of her. I pray she has found hope and forgiveness and made peace with God about it. She certainly was a mess. It was heart breaking. That night changed my life.

[TexasCowboy]

GOOD MORNING, SPOOK!

Like HJ said, you've always been one of my favorite freepers!
I never pass the place on the river going to my son's house just outside of Ingram without thinking, "That's Spookie's old swimming hole!"

I knew you were pro-life.
I wish I could "rant" with as much calm wisdom as you.
The best argument for pro-life I've ever seen in my life came to me in the form of a little preemie baby that has been occupying a big portion of my life lately.
Like you, I can get on a soap box about abortion, but I'll let two pictures do my arguing: One at the time he might have been aborted and the other as he is today.

Texas is waiting for you, Spook, when you decide to come home.
May God bless you and your's.

Thanks, Aqua, for highlighting Spookie today.

[Donaeus]

God's word is a treasure but there are some books that touch the heart so deeply that they become even more precious to us. I agree with you that Psalms is one of those books. He has given us so many riches that will never fade away.

[Donaeus]

It is inspiring to know that you have been able to take the experience of your college roommate and use it for the good of others. I hope and pray that she has been reconciled to God and to her family and forgiven herself.

I have been intensely interested in pregnancy and childbirth from a very young age. I pestered my mother for a long time to give me "the talk" and she finally sat me down when I was eight. One of the things she impressed upon me was that a baby is the creation of a husband, a wife and God--that the man and woman bring together the seed of life but God alone infuses that life with an eternal soul. What struck me even more was, and still is, the fact that for all the advances of medical science, doctors cannot explain exactly how and what sparks life. This is not a coincidece or oversight on God's part. I don't remember learning what abortion was but, based on what I already understood, knew immediately it was something I could never support.