Someday Her Prince Will Come

The problem of abortion stems from other problems, as we know. We got down to the root of those problems with a client and her boyfriend recently: loving another more than yourself. That means treating them with the greatest respect and dignity possible. That means listening, learning, and dying to self so that you both live to the fullest. Unfortunately, this young man was not ready to do that. I was able to have a long conversation with him and learn about his admirable ambitions and wise insights into life. He cared about living a good life and being faithful to his girlfriend more than most guys we encounter here, but when it came down to it, he didn't care as much as she needed him to.

She came for the morning after pill (which we don't provide) and that turned into a long conversation about contraception, abortion, diseases, and abstinence. When she left and tried to communicate all this to him, he was overwhelmed and not ready to make any changes, despite her new resolutions. When it came down to it, she wanted to stop the sex and go back to the purity and peace she had known before. He wasn't willing to do that. He cared about her in some way, but that was in his way. Not in the way that was true love of her, rather true love of himself.

Compared to everyone he knew, he was living an exceptionally upstanding life with her. He didn't believe that marriage even exists for our generation. She wasn't getting through to him. She wanted someone who would give her all the love and respect she finally realized she deserved and knew now that she would have to wait for such a man, that it wasn't the one sitting next to her. We encouraged her and supported her as she tried to make her decision clear. We told her that her life would be totally changed if she lived out this decision, but the man she was hoping for would come. We can only pray that she is strong enough to withstand all the opposition she is facing and is able to hold out until she will truly be treasured as the princess she is.