Merry Christmas to each of you. As you may have noticed, this is quite the mass email. I have to admit that I'm quite nervous sending this. But, I really felt led to email each of you and urge each of you to pray for our country today and into tonight. I know it's Christmas Eve and there are so many celebrations going on and things to do to prepare for Christmas day, but I'm hoping, praying, we can take some time out from that to pray. The lawmakers of our country have been meeting to settle a debate on the new health care bill that has been proposed. I'm sure most of you have noticed that in the news. Now I know that when I mention just those words "health care" a number of you may get nervous. I am not trying to start any conflict about who thinks what and who is associated with what. What I am doing is calling for prayer. As I understand the situation, the House version of the health care bill included an amendment that called for no federal funding of abortion. In the health care debate in the Senate, they did not adopt a similar amendment. There is now conflict between the two about what should be included in regards to abortion. So I am simply asking that we pray that whatever happens, there would be no federal funding for abortion included. Please stand with our family in prayer.
Those of you who know me know that I have struggled with my opinion on abortion. I used to be all about a woman's "right to her body", and then I got pregnant. From the moment I saw Korinne's tiny little heartbeat, I was totally smitten, and even though the doctor I saw encouraged me to abort, because of my age, I couldn't do it.
And then things got even more complicated. It came to the point where being pregnant was endangering my health. I was told that my best option was not to further my pregnancy, or I would be risking my life. I had one of two options, I could terminate (which would have been a partial birth abortion) or I could deliver her, and hold her until she passed away, the doctor said she would live for about a half an hour. I said I would do neither. In my soul I knew I needed to hold on, I knew that she would live. I had several doctors talk to me, and I just refused to give up on my baby.
After Korinne was born, at a miraculous 33 weeks, my doctors were left scratching their heads. None of them could explain how my body held on that long. The word "miracle" was even thrown around. :)
However, as I read this e mail, I found the words "a woman's right to her body" floating around my head. Literally as soon as I began to entertain those thoughts, a picture of my precious Khloe popped on my computer screen saver. There she was, with tubes in her nose, and an iv stuck into her tiny body. It was then that I realized I will never be pro choice.
God is not pro choice.
Every life, no matter how small, deserves the chance to be lived.
So our family will be praying tonight. We will be praying for God's will to be done. I pray that anyone reading this will be too.
Merry Christmas.
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