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Living in Isolation
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Aimee
Michigan,
United States
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I had an abortion because I believed the lie that that was my only option.
The actual abortion experience is something that I do not remember, mainly because it was done in a local hospital, and I was sedated. And, like many post-abortive women, during that time, in order to protect myself and my emotions, I have vague memories of the details.
The immediate affect was a mixture of relief and loss. The long-term affect was attempted suicide within three months of the abortion and then 15 years of struggling with guilt, shame, grief, anger, control, and worst of all, the doubt that God could ever forgive me.
My forgiveness story begins with another unplanned pregnancy, this time with my fourth child with my husband of 11 years. I believe that God used that time to finally bring me to a point of dealing with my abortion and all that came with it. During the next two years I went from living with all those struggles, all that bondage, to accepting God's forgiveness and healing, partly through my relationship with Him, but also through the healing Bible study, "Surrendering the Secret" by Pat Layton. In the years since I have gone on to start a post-abortive healing ministry and have led over 30 women to the same healing that only God can provide.
I know how abortion devastates, breaks hearts, steals lives. and causes women to live in isolation. But I also know the freedom and forgiveness that is found through Christ, and I want to do my best to speak the truth about abortion both before a woman decides to make that choice and after she does....that is why I am silent no more.
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