I came across the video below about forgiveness after abortion. In many ways it parallels the story of my wife and me: Christians with abortion in their past. Christians know that God has forgiven them but they have trouble forgiving themselves. If we only knew how many women sitting in the pews of our churches have been physically, emotionally and spiritually scarred by abortion, ... we would be shocked. And what about the fathers of aborted children? Abortion is so pervasive in our culture! 
LaRee and I aborted our first child who would have been 40 years old today had she lived. We grieved our abortion for decades. Men and women tend to grieve differently. LaRee kept her grief inside -- only bringing our bitter experience into the open occasionally when she encountered an abortion minded couple. We would warn them that abortion does not solve the problem of unwanted pregnancy, it only creates new problems. I became heavily involved in the pro-Life movement -- trying to assuage my guilt. We knew God had forgiven us but we did not forgive ourselves. Only in recent years did we finally forgive ourselves and release that spiritual burden. See the link at the bottom of this post for another couple's story many years after ours. If you have had an abortion or was involved in one (men) and want to talk to someone, feel free to write to LaRee or me at HumanLifeMatters@shaw.ca . As the title of the email suggests, every life matters and that includes you. God wants us to live in the freedom of His forgiveness.
See the video here -
http://www.godvine.com/Girl-Who-Had-an-Abortion-Uses-her-Pain-to-Help-Others-1051.html
Mark
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