Attended a church where a man spoke Re: life vs. abortion
His mother was raped; conceived him. She gave birth to him, but treated him badly. He was constant reminder of the rape.
His life went awry & he associated with bad folks. Ended up in prison bc he drove getaway car during a robbery. The ones doing the robbery ended up killing someon…
Attended a church where a man spoke Re: life vs. abortion
His mother was raped; conceived him. She gave birth to him, but treated him badly. He was constant reminder of the rape.
His life went awry & he associated with bad folks. Ended up in prison bc he drove getaway car during a robbery. The ones doing the robbery ended up killing someone. So he got “life” in prison. Became a Christian & was radically changed. Anger towards mom dissipated. He studied the Word, & considered prison his mission field.
A fluke caused him to be released. He attended seminary & was ordained in the ministry. His mom who shunned him & rejected his testimony & invitation to his ordination showed up for it.
ALL to say; he said he is the poster boy for life instead of death as a product of rape.
He was grateful to have been allowed to live in spite of the hardships growing up, running with wrong crowd, prison time, et al.
That day I saw my hypocrisy of being pro-life except for rape, etc.
A beautiful story. And not the only one by far. God seems to have a special hand on these whose mothers don’t execute them for the father’s’ crimes.
I think I remember this right, that King David’s great grandfather paternally was Boaz. Famously Boaz married the Moabitess, Ruth. Boaz was the son of Rehab, the prostitute, who saved the Hebrew spies and in turn was saved. This all in the line of Jesus, the final King of all that is.
God longs to work with us, irregardless of origins.
Attended a church where a man spoke Re: life vs. abortion
His mother was raped; conceived him. She gave birth to him, but treated him badly. He was constant reminder of the rape.
His life went awry & he associated with bad folks. Ended up in prison bc he drove getaway car during a robbery. The ones doing the robbery ended up killing someone. So he got “life” in prison. Became a Christian & was radically changed. Anger towards mom dissipated. He studied the Word, & considered prison his mission field.
A fluke caused him to be released. He attended seminary & was ordained in the ministry. His mom who shunned him & rejected his testimony & invitation to his ordination showed up for it.
ALL to say; he said he is the poster boy for life instead of death as a product of rape.
He was grateful to have been allowed to live in spite of the hardships growing up, running with wrong crowd, prison time, et al.
That day I saw my hypocrisy of being pro-life except for rape, etc.
A beautiful story. And not the only one by far. God seems to have a special hand on these whose mothers don’t execute them for the father’s’ crimes.
I think I remember this right, that King David’s great grandfather paternally was Boaz. Famously Boaz married the Moabitess, Ruth. Boaz was the son of Rehab, the prostitute, who saved the Hebrew spies and in turn was saved. This all in the line of Jesus, the final King of all that is.
God longs to work with us, irregardless of origins.