National Sanctity of Human Life Sunday 2010

January 24, 2010 is designated as National Sanctity of Human Life Sunday.  This week is designed to educate and enlighten those who need information about the reality of abortion, to celebrate life at it’s earliest stage, and remember  to fight for those are the most defenseless-the unborn.  Here is a quick overview of what abortion is provided by www.abort73.com, an excellent source for those wanting the unfiltered truth about abortion:

Sisters of the Faith has also provided information for those who want to provide information, and/or seek assistance for themselves and others.  We also have shared stories of those who have been directly effected by abortion and most importantly, how God views us and the love He has for us even before we were conceived.  This is a topic that is near and dear to our hearts.  Please pray continually for this cause.

http://www.sistersofthefaith.com/index.php?s=abortion

Catherine’s Abortion Experience: P4CM Ex-Series

The After Effects

I was 14years old when I had my first abortion. I was afraid to tell my mom but due to the fact that I had a terrible case of nighttime sickness I couldn’t hide it from her. After she found out about my pregnancy she asked me what I wanted to do.

Immediately, I told her that I wanted an abortion. Sad to say she was relieved that I didn’t want to become a mom at such a young age. After the initial ease of terminating a pregnancy I began to use abortions as a form of birth control.  Sadly enough there were six more to follow. This is something that I am not proud of. I tend to joke about it from time to time but at the core of my being I have had to deal with the shame of my past.

My struggle with promiscuity and lust has over the years grown into monkey that tends to ride my back. I believed I was beyond repair and absolutely no one would understand me.   Thankfully, I have found someone who I was able to divulge my innermost struggles with. I poured my heart out to him informing him of my guilt, shame, emptiness, despair, inner hatred for self and others, and ultimately my feelings of unworthiness. As a result of my dark past I felt unworthy of true love, I thought I was “damaged goods.”   Who would want to have anything to do with me? Who in their right mind would care for me truly knowing all there is to know about me?

I found a true friend and confidant in the Lord Jesus Christ!   He was and is the answer to these questions that I longed to have answered.   He made me look at myself in the mirror and acknowledge my trifling ways, meanwhile showing me that there was a beauty that had yet to emerge. I struggled with feelings of emptiness, despair, and shame.   Ultimately the road to complete and total healing was and is a long one to say the least.  After several years of inner turmoil I found true love in Jesus Christ. His forgiveness allowed me to forgive myself and to move on with my life. Not in regret but in expectancy.

Once I realized how gracious, merciful, and compassionate he had been and is to me, it was like the light bulb finally came on.   I can be free and am free from the haunting thoughts of “what if” and “why did I?”  Although the after effects still try to tap me on the shoulder I have learned to overcome them day by day.

-Please feel free to contact LS Moore with your stories of triumph and struggle with the aftermath of abortion.