What happens when people lovingly stand outside an abortion clinic to pray? Lives get saved. Enough said.
Today was so exciting! In the morning, after seeing the 40 Days for Life email about abortions being done today (at the 9 Mile abortion mill), I stood resolved to finally get out there to pray again. When I got in my car, however, it started making really weird loud sounds and the tail pipe was blowing white smoke. I almost didn’t go on account of this as we have generally been having oddities with our car lately… but I said a prayer to St. Christopher and promised myself I’d just listen to the car to see what is going on with it at least. When I got to the abortion clinic, I honestly felt out of place. I hadn’t been out there in a while and didn’t really know what to do.
As usual, Mark got me updated on some news for a few minutes and just as I was getting my brains together about what to do there – a girl walked out in front of us. Mark and I were stunned. Accustomed to being flicked off and ignored, I quickly asked her if she needed help, not expecting anything to happen. To my surprise, she stopped, looked at us and told us she couldn’t go through with it. I then noticed a tiny picture that looked like an ultrasound of a baby in her hand. She said she didn’t go through with it.
Mark and I immediately rejoiced. He told her she should bring the baby back here when he’s born and then asked how old the baby was. She said, 8 weeks. I was so excited for her I gave her a hug and said “You’re a mother!” She then said “I don’t know what I’m going to do.” I said, do you need help? There’s tons of help at the Alpha Center: diapers, maternity clothes, etc…. She looked at me stunned, “Really??” I was like “YA!” “Come with me and I will take you there right now, they’re right down the street!” She was so happy but still in utter shock. She had seen Mark’s picture of abortion and heard him say “Don’t go in there” – this she told me was like the Holy Spirit speaking to her. When she heard the nurse tell her she was 8 weeks along, she seemed to have snapped out of it and knew she couldn’t do this.
After receiving help and support and love from pro-lifers today, this lovely mother had changed from sad and lost to utterly happy and joyful. There is nothing more rewarding in the pro-life movement than this – to see a person transformed from despair to hope. What a treasure God has given us today. One more precious life SPARED!
Lastly, I want to leave you all with this truth. This mother said that because people were out there praying for her – she had the courage to leave the abortion clinic. If we weren’t there, she probably would have gone through with it. Seeing how hard she hurt today over just having walked into the abortion clinic and almost had the abortion, this poor woman would have been in a horrific state had she gone through with it.
