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The Mothers' Day Card
When my daughter, Christin was 18, she got pregnant. Her boyfriend, unprepared and unwilling to accept the responsibility for their disobedience to God, dropped his relationship with her immediately and she felt alone with her situation.
At that time, several girls that she had gone to school with had already had abortions and been accepted by a larger number of others as 'having made a quick fix to an embarrassing mistake'. (That's the attitude that I seem to see the world taking, anyway.)
Christin shared her situation with others close to her (including family) and without getting into details, lets just say that abortion was the more advised solution. But she was still not convinced.
Well, thankfully she came around to getting the courage to tell Dad.
I sat down with Christin and talked to her about what I believed God would say. I shared with her what I believed to be the Truth from Gods word.
I told her what I thought God would want her to do, and then I gave her the freedom to choose what to do herself. Then, I promised forgiveness and support for her with whichever decision she finally made.
Christin choose to go ahead with the pregnancy and we toughed it out together. Her friends shared the experience as well. My retirement health-care extended support to her also and so she eventually gave birth to Destiny Alexia Pittman, my Granddaughter. Just her first name brings tears to me sometimes,... anyway.
I was so proud of Christin and so Thankful to God. And then when Mothers' day came around, the Holy Spirit filled me with the greatest expression of Thankfulness ever.
I was looking at the cards at the store and It came to me that I was to buy a little kids mothers day card and write in it with multiple colored crayons, just like a little kid would, this message,
"Dear Mommy, I can't write yet, so Grandpa is helping me because I want you to know now, how proud I am of you for making such a brave and wonderful decision. Thank you Mommy. I Love You, Destiny "
Christin loves to share that card with people sometimes and I know that in time Destiny will be old enough to sit with Mommy and together they can talk about those days.
For me, I will remember that period as a time when Gods Love was more powerful than the law. Gods Love was more impacting than political correctness. I don't like to hear about abortions and I wish I could stop them. But, I would rather have been aborted myself than to show hatred to a young woman for having done so.
Love has somehow got to be the key to change the mindset of this world my friend. If you could somehow put the same money you put behind a "hateful" anti-abortion campaign into a "loving" anti-abortion campaign, I think you could see more fruit.
Last year a good friend of mine asked me to help him (mostly as moral support) with a piano musical show here locally. The proceeds went to the pregnancy center here in Wilson. But at the end of the show, the popular pianist asked if anyone had a testimony and nobody was responding. I waited for some time in the stillness before the Spirit moved me to share The Mothers' Day Card. When I got through, everyone was weeping and there was such a sweet spirit left in the auditorium.
Love is the only thing in the universe that God did not create. God is love, and if you're fighting abortionists today, take God (love) with you.
The Mothers' Day Card
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| January 25, 2009 |
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| Amen! God tells us to hate the sin NOT the sinner. |
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| January 25, 2009 |
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| God is Love and I praise Him for His love. What a beautiful story, grandpa. God bless you & your family. |
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| January 25, 2009 |
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| This is an amazing testimony Preston...........Im glad she made the choice to keep her baby. Can't wait for the baby to see that card one day . . . It should be framed. |
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| February 20, 2009 |
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I was delivered from anger toward these women who suffered abortion in 1996. The Lord gave me a heart for their pain and while I am very pro-life still...I have redirected my focus. I know that these women need love and acceptance just like I do in whatever sins I have committed. I know beautiful Godly women who aborted their babies due to pressure from others, even parents. Destiny's name speaks on its own and God bless you for sharing this. |
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| February 20, 2009 |
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| Juanita, I hear the love that you have in you when you talk about your life, and even just general comments, and I am glad to know you. Thank you for sharing. I love you. |
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| February 20, 2009 |
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Thanks sweet man. I have been accused of over loving. Ha, reading your blogs that is not possible. I need to turn up the love. When my bank makes mistakes or like Creflo Dollar spoke of when the sub girl was "messing up the sandwich" I need to turn up the love. Most of the time that is easy for me. I love you too brother, hugely. |
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| February 20, 2009 |
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| This was so awesome to read!! Thank you for posting this, Preston!!! Wow, powerful, and lovely!!!! |
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| February 20, 2009 |
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As so often is the case, the Submit button is clicked and then more comes to mind to write! lol
There was a young lady in my youth group when I was a teen, who got pregnant and decided to carry the baby to term. She then gave it up for adoption. Many years later, the two were somehow reunited. As a result, their joint testimony has touched many lives, resulting in decisions "for Christ". Isn't it amazing how God works? How he manages to let the big picture trump our tragic near-sightedness? |
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| February 20, 2009 |
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Thank you Mike n Laura.
I don't think I have the imagination, needed, to make something like that up.
You know what I mean? God bless you. |
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| May 08, 2009 |
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that is good that God showed her the way and the light
i cant imagin what it felt to be under that pressure and
in that situation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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| May 08, 2009 |
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| Thank you, Tiffany. You are so right, too. Several young woman had gone the other way and Destinys' daddy didn't seem like he would ever come around. I sent you a friend request and if you ever need me to pray for you or your loved ones I hope you will allow me. God bless you Precious. |
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