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Some people say
that sex outside of marriage
is a woman’s
only choice if she wants a man.
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Some people say
that abortion is a woman’s only choice
if she thinks
she can’t mother a child.
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Some people say
that, after an abortion,
a woman’s only
choice is to carry the baggage of sin.
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Some people say
that looking out for number one
is a woman’s
only choice in a cold, hard world.
These are
lies.
The truth is:
We have
choices.
A woman who desires the true
love of a man does not have to give him what he thinks he may want. She
has choices.
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She
can do all she can to help raise his standard of behavior and hold
him accountable. She can nurture a friendship and trust which leads to
marriage. It is marriage that connects a man to responsibility, family, and
the future.
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Or, she can
walk away and patiently wait for a man who will “love her and honor
her ‘til death do us part” before bedding her. When a man says he wants to
enjoy the most intimate of all relationships but does not want to commit to
marriage, what is he saying? Later, if the man decides he will marry her
because she is pregnant, what is he saying?
Real love, says
God, is patient and kind.
It does not
insist on its own way.
It always
protects, trusts, hopes, perseveres.
(1 CORINTHIANS
13:4-7)
Motherhood
begins at conception.
At 24 days, the baby’s heart is beating. At 43
days, brain waves are present. This precious life results from the procreative
act between God, a man, and a woman. Everything that this child will ever be is
already present. The mother who carries this child has choices.
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She can
make an adoption plan, carry the baby to term, and lovingly place her son or
daughter in the arms of a childless husband and wife. Yes, it is difficult
to experience the wonder of life growing inside the womb and then “give the
baby away,” but such a choice sees beyond the here and now to a hopeful
future for both mother and child.
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She can
adjust her personal plans to accommodate the little person who will not suck
her life away but rather fill her life beyond measure.
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She can
surround herself with people who care for both mother and child.
I have made you,
says the Lord, and I will carry you;
I will sustain you and I will rescue you.
(ISAIAH 46:4b)
Abortion,
like all sins, can be forgiven. Even after she has an abortion, a woman still
has choices.
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She can
turn a deaf ear to Satan who wants her to be overwhelmed by guilt and grief
and instead cry out to her Savior.
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She can
confess her sin of abortion to Jesus Christ.
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She can
trust that, in Christ, she is a forgiven woman.
No matter how
deep the stain of your sins,
I can take it
out and make you clean as freshly fallen snow . . .
I can make you
white as wool.
(ISAIAH 1:18)
It is not what we do that saves
us,
it is what God already did!
God thought of us before we were even conceived! He created us! He loved us so
much that He paid the price for our sins with the blood of His Son and our
Savior Jesus Christ! Our value as human beings comes from God. For this
reason, God promises His faithfulness even through the struggles in a cold, hard
world. God never abandons us. A woman in this world has choices –
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She
can put her trust in the Father God. No matter if she has been
abused by a man or abandoned by her earthly father, the Heavenly Father is
faithful in every situation.
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She
does not have to build walls of self-preservation. Jesus knows a
woman’s heart and provides her every need.
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She
can find the path that leads away from death to life in God’s living
Word.
I am the Lord,
your God,
who takes hold
of your right hand and says to you,
Do not fear; I
will help you.
(ISAIAH 41:13)
