Yes I pray for the surprised mothers and fathers the same. Lord God bring your grace upon all that feel burdened, scared, manipulated, forced, slapped from behind, pressured, coerced, lonely, left behind, and tempted. Bring them your spirit of peace, comfort, forgiveness. Lord lead this world into ways that don't lead to destruction. Forgive us Lord for not believing you enough to follow your word. In the mighty name of Jesus Amen.
Abortion is a very open sore subject to me. When I was a teenager the girl that I was with became pregnant. Through coercion from her mother she decided to get an abortion. Although it was against my will, which I expressed to her, I went with her to the hospital with her the day the procedure was done. I have spent times before and since crying over her decision. To this day it brings tears to my eyes and a welling in my gut and throat. I pray in my heart that she has found herself asking the Lord into her heart and forgiveness for the destruction of his creation. I pray the Lord forgives me for my actions in bringing such an atrocity to reality.
I am the single father of two grown boys from different mothers. The mother of the eldest wanted to get an abortion, which I talked her out of then she wanted to sell him off in adoption. I put a stop to that and got custody of him. The younger was not quite the struggle. His mom said before she got pregnant that if we ever split she would give me custody, and she did. I have done my best to be responsible for my sins of sex outside of marriage.
Is repentance a one time thing?
Matthew 18:21-22 21Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, "LORD, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?" 22Jesus answered, "I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times. I hope he was only using this to say just keep forgiving. I need it. From God and others. I Know God's faithfulness and am constantly assured by his actions in my life. Situations that could have killed me, but somehow I was not there. Things that happen that make no other sense.
I spent many days and nights discussing with my sons the importance of sexual responsibility. I have been bold in expressing to them the impact that decision has had on my life. They are fully aware that they have one less sibling from bad choices. They are
not mistakes, my actions are. To this day to the best of my knowledge neither of my boys have produced a child. My older child is 25 to be 26 in a few days. The younger is 21.
Abstinence is the only true and honorable form of birth control.
I cringe when people talk about sex education being so open to, "They are going to do it anyway." I did and look at the dark spot in my heart.
