Fearfully and Wonderfully Made!

My friend Pam volunteers at Save A Life. Each week she has an opportunity to talk with girls who find themselves in a situation where they think they are pregnant. Some are...others find out they are not. The one thing that most of them have in common is that they are seeking to abort their babies if they are in fact pregnant.

The girls come in scared, but after the volunteers talk with them, pray with them and show them a sonogram of the life growing inside them, they are awakened to what is happening inside them. Life. Last night the speaker told us that 9 out of 10 girls will choose to keep their baby once they see it on the sonogram. When they see the baby, they see that the baby is moving....and it is a real baby. Not just a pregnancy.

I was so proud of my friend Pam last night! She is the mother of two very active kids, the wife of a busy Doctor, a leader in her church, a leader within my Tres Dias organization, a friend to many (I mean one who does lots for others!!) and she still finds time to volunteer each week. She says that she can't imagine NOT volunteering. The Lord truly fills her each week that she gives that time to the girls...and to Him. That encouraged me to be sure I am finding my areas to serve too!! How about you? :)

The most staggering statistic I heard last night was that two thirds of all abortions in our country are from girls who are professing Christians. We are talking millions of babies. Why? Are they scared about what their parents will say? What their friends will say? Has Satan really convinced them that killing a life inside them is better than getting in trouble or re-arranging their life plan? Oh, I want to just hug these girls. They need love.....it's going to be hard for them. If you know someone who has been through this, love on them....share God's grace with them.

As I listened last night, I thought about all the teenage girls I know. That my sons know. As I thought about them, my heart began to ache, thinking that one of these girls I know could end up in a situation like this. You see, as I get older I am astounded at the people I know who have been through this situation. It touches all of us. You might not know it...but it does. I remember vividly a friend of mine, from a good Christian home, that had an abortion 17 years ago. She was engaged, but scared of what her mom and dad would say. Her dad was a deacon. I can tell you that it is still hard for her. She has been blessed with beautiful children now, but each time she sees my son - who will be 16 in May. Her heart aches, and she remembers. I remember with her. What could have made a difference back then?

Psalm 139:4 I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well.

God creates life - Satan does not. He destroys. Do our kids really understand that God creates life. It doesn't just happen because of a sperm and an egg. He ordains and makes....every life that has breath. If we share this more with our kids, would they realize the value more? Would teenagers that find themselves in early pregnancy situations be more inclined to see their problem pregnancy as another person?

I want to talk with the boys more about how they are fearfully and wonderfully made. Though it's not talked about as much, there are teenage boys who will grieve later in life because of an aborted baby. The clear answer, is for our teenagers to not have sex. Period. Let's all be sure we preach that first. But let's love them through their difficulties and create atmospheres where even in the hardest of situations, they can hopefully come to us for help and they always reach for the grace and love of their Heavenly Father who will never leave them or forsake them.

I am now going to make breakfast for my boys, who are most fearfully and wonderfully made. I will tell them this too!! They'll roll their eyes I am sure....and laugh.....and say 'whatever mom'. But I know, that when I place God's word before them, it enters their minds and their hearts. The word is always at work!