Hi! Yesterday we hosted church at our house, and after, alot of us left early to go do a Life Chain demonstration at Town Center, about an hour away. Life Chain is a national group that organizes special demonstrations where families can stand holding signs and praying for abortion to stop in our nation. It is not a rally, or a protest, but just a peaceful time of prayer and reflection. We stood holding signs and praying as the cars passed for an hour. Most of the motorists were respectful and would give us a thumb's up or beep. At first I was holding a sign that said, "Abortion Kills Children", and then I switched with Stephen T. and held one that said, "Lord, forgive us and our nation." On the backs of the signs they have prayer topics, and I also spent some of the time memorizing 2 Chronicles 7:14 "If My people, who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray, and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from Heaven and forgive their sins, and heal their land." This event goes on every year, and we we've gone for two. I really like it, because it is truly just an hour of prayer, and it gets you thinking about more aspects than one of "abortion is bad". It gets you praying for the mothers that are getting abortions, and for the doctors that are doing them. For the motorists passing by, and for the leaders in our country. I was especially reminded of Gracie's story:
When Mama was pregnant with Gracie, among a couple of other things, she got an ultrasound, and we were told that they had found somethings called "nucleafolds" (sp?) in her neck. Basically, the doctors told us that Gracie would have Down's syndrome. It was a bit of a shock to us, but we were peaceful, and went ahead and found out whether she was a boy or a girl. (A girl obviously.) Dad and Mama wanted us to start thinking about this baby as a real person, and they wanted to name her and everything. Then when she was born, she was perfectly healthy with no kind of mental problem at all! We named her Grace, because it was by God's grace that she was healed! But we did learn something very sobering- 90% of all babies that are diagnosed with Down's syndrome are aborted! Now, we wouldn't love Grace any less if she had been born with a mental condition, but think of all those babies! Think of all the sweet people with mental conditions that you've met, and realize that hundreds of babies like them are killed! And think of all the babies like Gracie who are healed, or had a misdiagnosis, and they are just killed and thrown away like trash! I can't comprehend how anyone could kill a poor baby just because it would need extra help when it was growing up. I think Down's syndrome people are probably the ones that make Jesus smile most continually. They are like little children all the time, and only if we believe with simple faith like a child will we be saved. It is heartwrenching to think of the poor babies, and we need to pray desperately for abortion to be banned in our country. God's light will shine despite the darkness of this world, but we need to be tools for Him to use to help shine that light, and I feel that this Life Chain is a wonderful way to do that! Anyway, just thought I'd ramble for a minute! -Rachel
When Mama was pregnant with Gracie, among a couple of other things, she got an ultrasound, and we were told that they had found somethings called "nucleafolds" (sp?) in her neck. Basically, the doctors told us that Gracie would have Down's syndrome. It was a bit of a shock to us, but we were peaceful, and went ahead and found out whether she was a boy or a girl. (A girl obviously.) Dad and Mama wanted us to start thinking about this baby as a real person, and they wanted to name her and everything. Then when she was born, she was perfectly healthy with no kind of mental problem at all! We named her Grace, because it was by God's grace that she was healed! But we did learn something very sobering- 90% of all babies that are diagnosed with Down's syndrome are aborted! Now, we wouldn't love Grace any less if she had been born with a mental condition, but think of all those babies! Think of all the sweet people with mental conditions that you've met, and realize that hundreds of babies like them are killed! And think of all the babies like Gracie who are healed, or had a misdiagnosis, and they are just killed and thrown away like trash! I can't comprehend how anyone could kill a poor baby just because it would need extra help when it was growing up. I think Down's syndrome people are probably the ones that make Jesus smile most continually. They are like little children all the time, and only if we believe with simple faith like a child will we be saved. It is heartwrenching to think of the poor babies, and we need to pray desperately for abortion to be banned in our country. God's light will shine despite the darkness of this world, but we need to be tools for Him to use to help shine that light, and I feel that this Life Chain is a wonderful way to do that! Anyway, just thought I'd ramble for a minute! -Rachel
p.s. this is a newborn picture of Gracie. Isn't she sweet?
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