Sept. 22, 2015 4:38am
I wasn’t
completely asleep, but I had a horrible, “nightmarish vision”. Tony and I were driving and we saw a pregnant
woman on the side of the road. She
seemed to be in pain and need help. We
pulled over and asked her if we could take her wherever she needed to go. She told us that she needed to go to the
hospital. Tony started driving to the
nearest hospital. The woman in the back
of our car started to explain that she had had an abortion the day before and
something had gone wrong. My heart sank (*note—yesterday I saw things like #ShoutYourAbortion and a very powerful talk
about a young lady who had survived an abortion) as I thought about what was
happening to this woman’s child as well as to herself.
We arrived
at the hospital and tried to make sure that she was taken care of. Before we could leave, the doctor came and
asked me to come to the back. I assumed it was
because the woman wanted help or something.
He took me back and I don’t completely understand what happened next. All I knew was that I was given something and
he announced to the entire room (it was only he and I in there) that he had
killed our girl, our little Emma.
I “woke
up”, if you could call it that, and felt a wave of anger, pain, and then
overwhelming sadness as I recounted the dream to Tony. I have only ever been pregnant once, as far
as I know, and I wouldn’t give it up for anything! It has been hard! There have been days when I could hardly
move, where I have felt sick to my stomach and have prayed for strength to just
make it through the hour. But never has the thought of killing this
beautiful child currently growing inside of me crossed my mind.
I don’t
understand and, to be honest I don’t really want to! You can call it “innocence”, “arrogance”,
whatever you like I don’t really care.
But this is what I do know, “the
worth of souls is great in the eyes of God.”. As soon as you conceive there is a small part
of Heaven inside of you. That is not your child alone, but also our Heavenly
Father’s. He is kind enough to let you
raise one of His own in this world that is constantly getting darker and
darker. That sweet and precious soul,
that piece of light, is there and nobody on
this earth has a right to terminate that precious soul!
My heart
has been aching for my friends who want, more than anything, to start a family
of their own, and I watch as women are now praising their abortion over the
internet; I don’t think those women understand how lucky they are to have the
blessing of carrying a child. So many
women in the world cannot have a
child, and it isn’t by choice! Yet it is
their “right” to have an abortion?
”Women’s
rights” have gone too far! I’m grateful
for the women who fought so that I could have a say in my country! I’m grateful that I am
able to hold a full-time job and receive the same benefits and pay as any man
in the same occupation. But when a woman
comes out and says that “it is my body and I can do what I want” it is
completely false, especially when it
comes to abortion. That is not your body; if it were you, you would be
aborting yourself. That is a separate
body and they have the right to live!
The definition of “rights” is no longer what the Founding Fathers
intended it to be:
Right: In
morals and religion, just; equitable; accordant
to the standard of truth and justice or the will of God. That alone
is right in the sight of God, which is consonant to his will
or law; this being the only perfect standard of truth and justice. In social
and political affairs, that is right which is consonant to the
laws and customs of a country, provided
these laws and customs are not repugnant to the laws of God. A man's
intentions may be right though his actions may be wrong in
consequence of a defect in judgment. (Webster’s
1828 Dictionary . . . before the saying was manipulated into “selfish
wants” and “what is going to benefit me now”)
I know that the Family is ordained of God. In 1995 President Gordon B. Hinckley stood up
in the General Relief Society Meeting and gave, what is now known, as "The Family: A Proclamation to the World".
I encourage and invite each of you to read it. This proclamation was not just to those in
attendance or members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, but to the world. You are a part of it; you should know what it
says!
“WE WARN that individuals who violate covenants of chastity, who
abuse spouse or offspring, or who fail to fulfill family responsibilities will
one day stand accountable before God. Further, we warn that the disintegration
of the family will bring upon individuals, communities, and nations the
calamities foretold by ancient and modern prophets.
WE CALL UPON responsible citizens and officers of government
everywhere to promote those measures designed to maintain and strengthen the
family as the fundamental unit of society.”
I bare my witness that God is aware of everybody (unborn children included) in whatever circumstance they
may be in. He loves you! I echo the invitation to read words from God
Himself, through His servant President Gordon B. Hinckley, about the importance
of family. I am grateful for my little “grape”
that is currently growing inside of me.
I am grateful for the opportunity that God is giving me and my husband
to raise one of His children. I love him
or her with all of my heart! In the name
of Jesus Christ, our Savior and Redeemer, amen.
