Here is a Christmas reflection for those post abortive..
- The shepherds were in darkness when the “Glory of the Lord shone over them” and they were bathed in light. This made them fearful. In what ways are you still afraid to look at your abortion? What behaviors still have you locked in ? Are you still punishing yourself in some way?
- The angels told the shepherds “Don’t be afraid. They are told of the birth that will bring “joy to ALL the people”. Are beginning to look through the darkness of your abortion with Christ to a new full life. Do you think you are included in “ALL” the people? If not, why? If so, what has changed for you that you can share with the others?
- We are told the shepherds left everything and went to Bethlehem, a movement of trust in spite of their fears, to “see what the Lord has told them”. Do you find yourself moving forward in spite of your feelings as you are growing in knowledge of the dynamics of abortion and your relationship with God? Have you been able to identify any of your own abortion connectors and if so, how are you reacting differently to situations? People?
- In the humility of a child the shepherds recognized their salvation. He is not clothed in riches or in a palace, but found in a manger in poverty. Are you able to recognize the progress you have made even if it is not earth shattering.Can you see God at work in you in the little things and trust Him with your healing knowing He will heal you. Are you relinquishing control to God even though it is frightening to you as a post abortive person? Do you ask for help in your struggles from God and others who understand what you are going through?
- Mary remembered all these things and thought deeply about them. She recognized God’s greatness in spite of what she saw and whatever struggles she had gone through to give birth to Christ. Do you ask her to help you to trust as she did and to lead you to Jesus?
- The shepherds went back “singing praises to God for all they had heard and seen”. We often become hung up in our post abortive thinking and base our lives on emotions rather than reality. Do you thank Him for everything, even the pain of healing, knowing He loves you? Do you “sing praises for all you have seen and heard?”
“It had been just as the angel had told them.”
May we, like the shepherds, seek out and find Christ in the poverty of our hearts this Christmas
