43%

43%.

That's how many women are walking around each day who have had abortions.

Forty-three percent.

That's the kind of number that makes you say "what in the hell is going on in this world?"



This evening, I went to an event premiering a new reality TV show two very close friends of mine are in that chronicles a group of women as they heal from decisions they made in the past that have followed them throughout their lives.

I went there to support them, and to pray with and for the women who need healing, but I never expected to feel the burden laid on my heart.

The burden for those who feel they have no voice.

Because out of this panel of incredibly brave and inspiring women, there was not a single brown face. Not an African-American, not a Hispanic, not an Indian….not a single face to represent women of color who I know are struggling with this.

I've been to many an event calling for actions towards justice, and I guess the reason I didn't expect to feel such a burden is because this is one of the very few statistics in which I do not find myself. The fatherless, the sexually abused, Christians who did not wait until marriage…I'm in those and others, but this one is foreign to me.

This one, this statistic is one in which I do not know how others feel.

So I can not write from that perspective. And I dare not minimize the gravity of such a tender subject by doing so.

But someone can. Someone knows and someone needs to share.

A lot of someones actually. 43% of someones knows what this feels like and you are struggling. Reach out.

Whether you need healing, whether you think you deserve it or not, whether you question your worthiness….you are God's beloved daughter. Run to Him. Allow Him to lead you.

As humans, we are given free will and every choice we make yields a result. Some are favorable. Some, not so much.

But today, someone needs to know that you can receive healing from any choices you have made when you felt there is no other way.

Someone needs to watch this show, which follows these amazing women on their path towards healing and redemption from abortion through a Bible study called Surrendering the Secret.

I hope to write more on this soon, for there is so much my heart and head want to say but my mind is reeling in crazy disorganized chaos, so for now please take a step towards restoration and cry out to Your Father. 

He hears you. 

He loves you. 

You are worthy.


Surrendering the Secret, Episode 1 - http://www.knocktv.com