I was sitting here watching Cold Case. This particular episode was about the 1960’s and “free love.” The case was about a doctor who performed illegal abortions out of his home using a bicycle spoke.
It made my heart ache for the women who grew up in that era, being told that “love should be free” and “make love not war.” Then, they end up pregnant, lost, and confused. Many of these women ended up with infections, not to mention broken hearts.
This mentality has unfortunately continued into this day and age. We live in a society where sex with anyone and everyone is encouraged. “Consequences” can be easily “taken care of” because it is legal now. Although infections still happen, many women never have physical symptoms. It is much cleaner and safer (physically) these days.
What these women weren’t and still aren’t told is that they will carry the guilt and sadness with them for the rest of their lives. Babies are not “consequences.” Babies are human lives; God’s way of saying the world should go on. Human life should not be disposed of like yesterday’s garbage (although even most of that is recycled and cared for these days).
Although I could go on for hours about my views on abortion and the poor babies that are affected, my heart also bleeds for the women.
Girls and women are being traumatized in a society that encourages “free love.” But, each time you sleep with someone, you give a piece of your soul away. It is not something that should be taken lightly. To add to that trauma, many women are also piling on the trauma of abortions. They fall victim to this notion of YOLO (You Only Live Once) and are now feeling the pain of taking a life. I truly do not believe that most women who get abortions get one because they want to. I believe they truly feel torn, lost, and without hope.
My answer to this sad epidemic is not just fighting the end result of certain actions, but also fighting the beginning. We need to stop trying to fill the voids in our lives with anything and everything but what will actually fill it: Jesus. Everything we try to fill up on except Jesus will hurt us, damage us, and leave us empty and worse off.
Reach out to those around you with Christ’s love. Reach out to Him, because I promise you, He is there.
Stop this downward spiral.
And if you have or know someone who has had an abortion, you need to hear this: Jesus forgives you! He loves you and knows you are hurting. Reach out to Him.
The only free love, is Christ’s.
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