"God is going to forgive me for this." -A Tragic Story

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Sam offering resources to a father choosing abortion
This morning my colleague Sam and I were at the Founders abortion facility in Columbus. While we were there Sam talked to 2 different men who were dropping their girlfriends off for an abortion. One man said:

"I understand. On any given day, I'd be out here with you but God is going to forgive me for this."

He completely understood that this abortion would end the life of his innocent child, and his thinking was that he and his wife could do it anyway and be forgiven afterwards. 
The first thing that went through my mind after Sam told me about their conversation was something from Romans 6 that my family had memorized when I was 4 or 5:

“What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? God forbid! We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? Or don't you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.” Romans 6:1-4


Yes. God forgives those who have had abortions. But like Paul says here in Romans, God forbid that we continue in sin because of His grace. This breaks my heart, and spurs me on to pray for these people choosing to end these precious lives.

I just wanted to take a minute to share this morning's events. If you want to support my work, click here, click on "Donate" and enter your donation amount in the space marked "for Intern - (RB)"

Please keep our team in your prayers! 

~Rachel


Sam at Founders this morning


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