a few months ago i was helping some friends repaint THOUSANDS of crosses. in the process i got a blister on my right hand. i didn't realize it until i was driving home from helping them.
it took WEEKS & WEEKS for the exposed skin of the popped blister to heal & for regrowth (i guess that's what you'd call it) to happen. even still, months later, there is a circle scar on my right hand where the blister was.
these crosses that i was helping to repaint are part of the Benton County Right To Life movement. a team of people display the 4,000 crosses throughout Arkansas to give a visual to the amount of lives lost daily to abortion.
as i've gone through the healing process of my blister, i've found myself lost in thought & prayer for the women of America who have fallen prey to the lie that there are little to no side effects of abortion.
i did not know i was getting wounded until the damage was done. i was driving home before i realized my hand had a popped blister that was red, puffy, & even a bit pussy. when i got home & disinfected it, the sting of the "healing" hurt more than getting the blister. just when i thought it was healed, a layer of skin would come off again, & the skin would be re-exposed, tender, & in need of constant moisturizing.
i am close friends with women who have had abortion(s) throughout their life. the pain, side effects, & hauntings were not evident in the clinic. it was afterwards. on their drive home. when they met women with the same due date as them. when the time of year would roll around when the abortion had taken place. one thing i have realized, the scar on my hand does not have to serve as a reminder of the wound. the scar serves as a reminder that my wound is healed
there has not been a day that has gone by since i got my blister that i have not looked at my hand & found myself praying for GOD's healing in the hearts of women - young & old - who have been impacted by the blister of abortion. i pray that God - in His all loving, gracious, & forgiving way - will disinfect, moisturize, & heal that open wound so only the scar of His Healing would remain.
Speaking for the voiceless,
cbs
Romans 8:1 "There is now therefore no condemnation for all who are in Christ..."
17 years ago
