Yes, again I am absent from the bloggy world but with good reason. I am embarking on a NEW adventure which will require many blog posts to explain BUT...if you are reading this today please be in prayer for something tonight. It is our annual Pregnancy Care Center Banquet and we are believing God BIG. On top of our needed funds we would like to raise enough for a new 3d ultrasound machine. Thru the planning of this event over the last months I KNEW a real life testimony of one of our clients would be HUGE for this evening and our prayer team have prayed for the last 40 days for just that. 10 days before this event we still did not have this testimony. It is not that we don't have girls who have made life changing decisions but for them to share their story publicly is another thing. There was one girl who we referred to as "The Christmas Baby" because of the timing of her story. We had lost track of her and had no way to contact her. Our tech guy had told us he needed about a week to tape and edit a video and we knew that we were about to duck under that week window. Our prayer team leader asked me what I wanted the team to pray for the next morning and I said "I KNOW that the Lord could still bring a girl to us, all it takes is one phone call or her to walk thru the doors". LITERALLY, two minutes later another staff member stuck her head in my office and said there was someone here to see the director. Our director left and a minute later said "Sharon, you need to talk to this young lady"...in walked CHRISTMAS BABY's mom and grandma. We had not seen or heard from her in over a year and she just decided (thanks God) to come by our center that late afternoon. I sat her down and asked her "would she be willing to share her story?" and without hesitation she said "YES, I would love to"....this is her story:
19, going to college but living hard, sex, drugs and alcohol, an abusive relationship and she found herself pregnant. The option..ABORTION....... even though she was a Christian, had grown up in the church and had attended a Christian school in HS. Motherhood was not an option because it wasn't her plan. Her parents were VERY against abortion but were worn down from her constant talk about not being able to parent and had decided to support her in her decision. She had an appointment at the abortion clinic for Dec 23. Dec 22 her parents "just happened" to turn on O'Rielly and he was interviewing Abby Johnson (the director of the Planned Parenthood in College Station who had recently left PP). They looked at each other and NEW they couldn't be a part of their daughter's abortion. Lacy didn't let this stop her, her brother took her to the clinic the next day. Stacey, Lacy's mom called us that morning and asked us to pray for her (Lacy had come to our clinic at about the 6th week of her pregnancy but gave us no indication she was considering abortion). She told us Lacy was on her way and would we please pray?..OF COURSE!!!!. Our staff stopped and gathered to plead for this baby and her mama.
Lacy paid her $$ and was on the table having an ultrasound to determine the number of weeks she was. This is done before each abortion to determine what type of abortion will be done. Typically the nurse/sono tech during the sono will not show the patient the screen for obvious reasons. Lacy heard this nurse say under her breath, "baby girl, 12 weeks"...now, MANY of you are moms and know 12 weeks is way to early to determine the sex of the baby BUT...not with GOD. Lacy was struck with the thought....."its a baby girl?".... she excused her self from the room to use the bathroom and left the clinic..."and LIFE was chosen for Christmas baby" BUT...that's not the end of the story. Because of her unhealthy relationship she really didn't think she could parent and was making an adoption plan. At 24 weeks she went in for another ultrasound and in that picture her baby girl was sucking on her pinky finger, the same finger Lacy had chewed on her whole life.....and in Lacy's words "in that moment she became my daughter"....as Lacy was sitting in my office telling me her story her mom said at this moment.."those ultrasounds are SO powerful, they save lives".......THIS is where my heart whispered.."YOU are SOOOOOO BIG God".....I had prayed and believed Him for a testimony just like this as we are so in need of a new ultrasound machine. Ours right now doesn't even have sound.
SO...the taping is done, the tables are decorated, the weather is beautiful and tonight over 300 will gather at a good old Texas Ranch to listen to the story of Lacy and her daugher Madison. My hearts desire is that they will be moved to ACT BIG as they hear how He WAS SO BIG.....I recently attended a conference in FL and this was a statement I heard that rings thru my ears daily "IT ISN"T ENOUGH TO SAY WE CARE ABOUT THE UNBORN AND BELIEVE IN THE CAUSE, IF WE DON'T DO ANYTHING BABIES STILL DIE" I don't think anyone who reads this does not have a heart for the orphan. How more orphaned can you get when you have parents who choose to end your life?...I say this with NO CONDMENATION but with pure compassion...I see the pain and torment of those that choose abortion. It is usually a choice made during a very stressful time when that girl/woman feels very alone. These woman are victimized and have been lied to. Along with their babies, our desire is that we can impart LIFE to them...both physical LIFE and spiritual LIFE.....SO...PLEASE PRAY.....I want all those who attend to have their faith challenged!!!! I will let you know on the other side...
