Facing the Challenges

It has been three weeks since I have arrived in New York City.

I have learned so much in such a small amount of time that I am so surprised my brain has handled it all so well! It's MIND BLOWING just how much our brains can retain when we actually use them and not our smart phones... who would have known! ;)

I purposefully use my phone directions as minimally as possible and have been relying mostly on maps and memory. Sometimes I still enter the subway station heading in the wrong direction but you know what... I always find my way back!

The more thrilling thing is that I have learned so much about the women's body in relation to child bearing, development of the baby, abortion types/effects (not so thrilling), contraception, communication skills, sacrifice survival skills and a deeper love for God and my neighbors. What a blessing!

I must confess that most days I wish I didn't know all of this and could turn my cheek in the other direction but I have done that for far too long. I will always remember when Abby Johnson spoke at Our Lady of the Lake University and stated that if every Christian was active in fighting abortion it would have been conquered by now.

I saw a video on Tuesday titled, "The Silent Scream" and it was absolutely powerful. It was released many years ago, in 1984, and narrated by an abortionist who eventually became a pro-life advocate. The video shows a first-trimester baby experiencing extreme fear while the uterus is being invaded by abortion tools. The abortion was captured through an ultrasound and is very evident that the baby is silently screaming in fear of what is about to happen.

I have seen even more graphic videos of abortions and this is exactly why I cannot turn my cheek anymore. It is very easy not to be involved in such a cause when you don't really know and see the sad truths of what is going on in those clinics.

When I stand outside those abortion clinics, many women go in sad, some go in indifferent and others go in seemingly happy, all expecting to come out feeling liberated for exercising their right to choose. However, the majority of the time I see them come out... they're so devastated, so hurt, and some are very good at pretending everything is okay.

Do you know that feeling of doing something that is so unnatural to your being?

Well, this is a good way for me to understand what these women must experience after an abortion.

Going against the very nature to carry a new life is probably the most unnatural thing a woman can do! I don't mean it should be easy for them to be pregnant and give birth but it is natural. It is all a part of God's design and we human beings don't determine that... it's a natural occurrence. Sure we can prevent pregnancy, also by natural means, but to terminate it is another story.

This is why these women come out looking as if they have lost their entire selves.

I hope, along with Abby, that one day all Christians can be active in their pro-life stance. Together we can do many great things. :)

Sincerely yours,
Sarah