Change of Heart

I have been thinking a lot about a photo I saw online recently. The photo was of a young girl, a young man and an older woman walking into an abortion clinic. The caption noted that this group of people stood on the doorstep of the clinic for a long time before going in and the girl was crying. I was moved to stop what I was going and pray right at that moment that she would not terminate her pregnancy. Obviously, she was unsure of the step she was taking and in her heart was broken over the decision she was making. But they went in anyway. 

There was a time that I was a supporter of a woman's a right to choose to have an abortion. I am a Christian and people could not wrap their minds around that fact. No matter the argument people threw my way it took God's conviction and timing to change my heart on the issue.  I knew I would never have an abortion but thought others should have the "right" to make their own decision in the matter.  That changed one day when I heard a former abortionist speak about what they did during and after abortions.  I did not set out to hear this woman speak, I got in my car to drive home from work and she was on the radio. I was so appalled I could not turn the station. I was about 8 months pregnant and she was speaking about terminating even late term pregnancies. 

I am not trying to change anyone's heart today, that is not my job.  I am asking you to pray for that young girl, the guy who was with her and the  woman who was with her. I do not know the outcome of their trip to the clinic but I cannot get them off my mind. I shared this photo because it made me think of how we can go from something just plan and simple: an old key (it was my dad's). To something beautiful when God changes our lives.