Comments on: Having A Baby Changes Everything

By: Lillian King

Lillian King — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 05:32:53 +0000

i love women with beautiful feet. they are cute and unique.`:”

By: Stephen Feather

Stephen Feather — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 01:45:13 +0000

After being blessed with daughter with no health problems, God blessed us with a son with a chromosome disorder. He was a high risk pregnancy. After one of the ultrasound sessions, in which we saw his twisted, distorted, yet beautiful feet, a doctor came in and announced to us that it was time to “discuss our options”. We politely waited for him to actually suggest that the pregnancy be terminated before explaining that we had already made arrangements to see a orthopedic surgeon to discuss our REAL options.

I’m with you , Stephen, a big difference between having a pro-life head and a pro-life heart.

(as an aside, after much prayer, surgeries, therapy, and great special needs teachers, he is a well adapted, amazingling intelligent, active 8 year old boy.)

By: Chelsea

Chelsea — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 02:13:00 +0000

In addition to prayer, it’s so important to support the moms who want to choose life. I’ve spent time tutoring at a school for pregnant teens, and I’ve seen how uphill the road is for a 16-year-old mom. The Christians who run this school do a great job of loving these girls in tangible ways. From babysitting to mentoring, there are so many ways for the church to love single moms.

I also think we need to make adoption more appealing. These girls were all keeping their babies; they’ve all heard horror stories about adoptive parents. But adopting a child is such an amazing way to praise God for adopting us into His family. I’m praying that I’ll get that chance someday.

Choosing life takes a lot of effort. It would be such a powerful witness if Christians were known for coming alongside people facing this decision and sharing their burden.

By: Stephen Altrogge

Stephen Altrogge — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:02:42 +0000

fredokie,

Thanks for sharing this story. God is always so good to provide for us when we choose to obey him.

We truly are dependent on the grace of God!

By: fredokie

fredokie — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:16:16 +0000

Steven, Your post is an encouragement and spot on. Many years ago we were facing a decision to abort or not because of surgery performed on my wife during the first few weeks of pregnancy. (we did not know at the time she was even pregnant.) As new Christians we knew abortion was wrong (head knowledge) but because it was OUR baby growing inside with potential life threatening problems, it became personal. It was a very difficult and painful nine months for us not knowing what our baby would look like or what problems we faced, but we made a decision that no matter what happened God would provide for us. We chose heart over head and God blessed us with a beautiful daughter. We truly understand the emotions one goes through when faced with a decision like this but without the grace and mercy of God the Father, we would be lost.