She
already called Planned Parenthood.
She already understood the processes of abortion
in their clinic. She already knew that she had up to two weeks to take the RU-486, the abortion pill.
This was the client that walked
into Community Pregnancy Center Monday morning. Without an appointment, she sat
in our waiting room for a pregnancy test. Our client advocate and trainee took
a deep breath, and asked the twenty-year-old girl to the counseling room.
Together
our counselors tried to hear this woman’s story, but she refused to share. She
didn’t want to hear that she could do this. She didn’t want to talk about the
other pregnancy options. She didn’t want to accept any form of hope. She wouldn’t
even receive a Proof of Pregnancy for a Medicaid application. She knew she was
going to abort. It wasn’t a baby in there. It was hardly even a pregnancy to
her. It was just a mistake, one that Planned Parenthood offered to erase.
The
client advocate shared the Gospel to this hardened heart. She explained the unconditional
love of her Heavenly Father, a concept our client didn’t truly grasp.
Unconditional love from a father? Her own father told her that he would never
speak to her again if she had a baby this way. She didn’t even know who the
father of her unborn baby was. This is the confused, twisted view of a father
she knew. Though she assured the client advocate that she was indeed a
Christian, she didn’t acknowledge the lack of unconditional love in her life.
When the client advocate offered to pray over her, the client rejected it. She saw
her positive pregnancy test, and she didn’t want prayers. She didn’t want our
free ultrasound. She wanted out.
Before
she rushed out of the doors, our client advocate trainee gave her a packet
filled with truths of God, her baby, and the undoctored truth about abortion.
The client left with the information. We prayed for intervention. For all we
knew, this woman was driving out of our parking lot and straight to Planned
Parenthood. It felt like a lost opportunity, but God’s truth is never lost.
“So
is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will
not return to me empty,
but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.”
Isaiah 55:11
but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.”
Isaiah 55:11
If
this client already knew she was pregnant, why would she want to take our
pregnancy test? If
this client already talked with Planned Parenthood, why would she first come to
a center that does not offer abortions?
Because her Sovereign Creator wanted to
talk to her.
There
is not one single logical explanation of why she would come to our facility if
she was absolutely determined to have an abortion. The Designer of the cosmos
personally interrupted her plans with a distinct message of LIFE. His words
never return to him as a failure. When He speaks, mountains move, even the tall
mountains in a panicked heart. We saw a lost opportunity, but Christ saw an
open door.
Two
hours after she left, she came back to the office.
“I
was wondering if I could go ahead and get my proof of pregnancy for a Medicaid
application.”
An
hour after that, she called the office.
“I
was wondering if I could go ahead and schedule an ultrasound.”
She is
now looking at all of her pregnancy options!
She
is applying for Medicaid, and she's scheduled for an ultrasound.
Pray
for this young client as she searches. Pray that she doesn’t run away anymore.
Pray that she will wait for her ultrasound appointment with us. Pray that she
begins to understand the unconditional love of a true Father!
