Why I will not hold back my praise for the lives that could be saved.

There are so many voices weighing in on the recent SCOTUS decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Voices that vary in tone and temperament.

Loud and quiet voices.

Angry and joyful voices.

Voices singing praise.

Others that are enraged.

I will continue to lift my voice in praise for the lives that have been, are being, and will be saved.

There are so many prayers that have been prayed over the past five decades.

Prayers prayed in desperation.

Prayers prayed in expectation.

Prayers for pregnancies involving real lives— real people — those fully grown that carry those yet unknown.

I will continue to pray every day for lives of mothers and babies and for entire families to be saved.

There are so many pregnancies that tell so many stories.

Pregnancies unwanted or unplanned.

Pregnancies complicated by all we do not understand.

But babies, from the very moment of conception, are never unloved, even in gestation.

They are loved by God.

Wanted. Valued. Planned by Him.

No matter the circumstances or complications.

He doesn’t make mistakes.

Miracles and masterpieces are what he creates.

I will continue to pray for pregnancies, unwanted, unplanned, and complicated, and praise God for miracles in the making.

I sat on my porch last night and wept as I listened to a song by Emily Crawford. The lyrics lingered in my heart because they resonated so deeply in my spirit. I’m nearly forty-six years removed from my mother’s womb, but I am here because my mom chose life, even in the midst of hard circumstances.

As I listened to Emily’s song, “Give Me Life” last night, I felt deeply the heart’s cry of a baby longing to be loved. I was that baby. My mom was that mom. My dad was that dad. You may have been that mom or dad or baby, too. You may have chosen life or life was chosen for you.

Or maybe not. And maybe that’s why this resonates deeply with you. There is forgiveness, grace, redemption, and LIFE to be found in that space, too. God redeems and restores and brings beauty from ashes. There is ALWAYS hope when we surrender to Him. Life giving, life changing HOPE. Hope that leads to LIFE that has no end.

This. This is why I will not hold back my praise for the lives that could be saved.