As you look at this picture, you are
probably thinking it looks like a protest. Even though it may appear
to be a protest, it is actually a silent prayer meeting. Each one of the
people standing in the picture who stood at the Supreme Court (as
well as others who participated but are not pictured), have had
personal encounters with Jesus Christ. They all know that He hears
and answers prayers.
We stood at the Supreme Court,
appealing to the Heavenly court and to the Judge of all the earth,
for Him to change a culture of death into a culture of life in
America. In 1973, abortion was legalized in America through the
court case, Roe vs. Wade, and for the last 40 years, 55 million
babies have been killed. Our team prayed 5 hours a day at the
Supreme Court for 45 days (Jan 22 to March 8th), standing
in the gap with LIFE written on red tape over our mouths representing
the babies whose voices and lives were taken away from them. We had
teams of four that rotated every 3 days, and we stood in the rain,
snow and sunshine praying for LIFE. During this time of consecrated time of prayer for America, God did more in me than I could have thought or imagined. For more of the history of how
this idea started, go to http://bound4life.com/our-story/.
On one of the mornings that we were to
go to the Supreme Court, I woke up late. As I started to prepare
meals for the day, I said to Dan, “Let’s just eat out today as we
do not have a lot of time to get meals ready and I prefer to organize
and get myself ready for the day.” Dan answered,” No, let’s go
ahead and just pack our meals. It will not take long, and it will be
worth it.” Agreeing, I quickly packed some food that we had in our
fridge. Then, since it was quite cold outside, I just grabbed all my
layers of clothes and winter apparel rather than putting them on and
feeling ready for the day. As our team arrived at the Supreme Court,
I was stressed; I was at a place of disorder from the hurried morning
of waking up late and rushing to pack food for the day. I was
frustrated to the point that I felt a cloud of negative thoughts in
my mind. Therefore, I asked permission from my team to stay at the
car to collect myself and my spirit before standing at the Supreme
Court contending for the ending of abortion for America. I spent time
alone casting my anxieties to God and replacing them with His peace.
After about 15 minutes, I was able to join my teammates, ready to
pray for the day.
As I was standing, I asked God to give
me a deeper understanding of His heart on abortion. I know that our
God is always a God of LIFE and wants to give LIFE to the abundance,
but I wanted to know His heart on the issue in a more tangible way.
For some reason, I could not get the rushed morning out of my head.
I just kept thinking it would have been so much easier and more
convenient if Dan and I just ate at the Supreme Court's cafe or
grabbed fast food on the way to the church for evening worship. I
would not have needed to have time with Jesus to clear my cloudy
thoughts before praying at the wall, I would not have had to spend
all the energy I did preparing, and I could have spent more time
preparing myself for the day. As I continued to give it to Jesus, I
asked him to focus my mind on Him. Halfway into our time of prayer,
revelation came! Holy Spirit confirmed that indeed it would have been
easier and more convenient to eat out rather than prepare, plan and
carry the food for the day. Then God powerfully used this as an
illustration about abortion that made me silent before Him. That same
convenient attitude, God spoke, is how women feel about my children;
for them it is easier to abort the baby inside of them rather than
prepare, carry, give birth to and raise a child. It would interrupt
their lives and plans, and the child is not worth it. Just like my
morning was spent on preparing food for the day rather than doing
what I preferred to do, a baby takes time and sacrifice on the
mother’s part. It is easier for women in America to abort their
child and continue their lives without the “inconvenience of a
baby”. My heart broke for the heart of God. 4,000 times a day
(that is how many babies are aborted daily in America) God's heart
breaks for a child that He created fearfully and wonderfully with a
destiny and purpose for intimacy and life with Him. Through my
rushed morning, God gave me a deeper understanding of his heart for
abortion; how much his heart breaks for the unborn. I started to
declare in my mind that planning is worth it! It was worth the extra
time and energy that morning to plan my meals for the day! As I
started to claim truth in my mind and align my thoughts to the truth
of God, He asked me, “Will you plan and eat in for the rest of the
45 days as an act of intercession for the unborn?” My heart
screamed YES! For the next 36 days I committed to preparing and
planning my every meal. Through my obedience, God answered my prayers and changed in me a culture of death into a culture of LIFE. I felt so much freedom throughout the 36 days as I gained more of an understanding of God's heart for abortion as I took the time and spent the energy to plan and prepare every meal.
The next day I actually cooked all day.
I made two different kinds of soup, pancakes, muffins, and guacamole
while praising God throughout the whole day! My heart declared that
preparing, planning, and eating in was worth it! My spirit took this
lesson deeper declaring that children are worth the planning, time
and energy. Each one of God's children is worth the effort! This was
just the start of how God started to change my heart’s view of
children realizing how they are a blessing in every way!
