Very few women and men walk away from an abortion experience without regrets. At Hope Women’s Centers, we have a program called Hope Restored where women and men who have been part of an abortion experience can receive healing through our confidential, gender-specific bible study.
We hope this written experience of one of our recent Hope Restored Graduates provides you with a deeper understanding of the negative effects of abortion and the impact and importance of receiving healing.
There are circumstances in our life that leave us completely altered. Moments that steal away our fate or the realization that we are no longer sufficient, but with our Lord Jesus Christ we are a new creation. I understood God’s love, but I also used to believe that His judgement was greater.
There are a multitude of feelings that come with the act of abortion, that can drive you to feel condemned and at many times, not worthy of God’s love, acceptances and grace. I thank God for providing Hope Women’s Centers, a refuge that also provided tools for me to pour out a hidden secret and sorrow.
Throughout the Forgiven and Set Free weekend (rigorous as it was), I was able to truly identify with each and every area of my pain. It doesn’t matter where I was, God sees who I am and loves me faithfully. Understanding the magnitude of His love was amazing and life-changing.
This study was divinely designed to bring to light a part of my life that left deep scares that only our loving Father (God) could erase and make white as snow. The study directed me to His word, the Living Truth, that brought clarity to my particular situation. The facilitators challenged the group throughout the weekend, and created a pleasant path that provided support, empathy and spiritual direction in God’s word. Their loving kindness was expressed through much prayers, joy, tears and even music. I was clearly and so freely able to come to terms with the root of many unhealthy areas in my life that were holding me in bondage, and would also not allow me to see my true identity in Christ.
Now, I truly understand what it means to be loved by Christ, accepted by Christ, and to know that I am complete in Christ.
I would like to thank Hope Women’s Centers for giving me the opportunity to participate in this study and for the time that was invested in my life, which enabled me to know that I’ve been Forgiven and Set Free!
God has made everything beautiful in its time! – Ecclesiastes 3:11
*This story was shared with permission.
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