Melissa Ohden“Love them all” was the theme of the 2018 NRLC Convention in Kansas City, Kansas, which, coincidentally, is my home. I was thrilled to see so many friends and colleagues from my community at this year’s three-day event.
Romans 8:28 reminds us “that God works all things together for good for those who love him and are called according to his purpose.”
With the recent tweet by a Planned Parenthood affiliate about the “need” for a Disney princess who has had an abortion (and who was “pro-choice”), I was reminded of the following article I wrote six years ago that is still relevant today. (Six years! Our youngest daughter is now almost the same age that our oldest was at that time!) But I digress…
“Your current circumstances are part of your redemption story He is writing”—Evinda Lepin
I’m a recovering control freak. The heady feeling of having power over my life, of any circumstance, great or small, however false in reality it truly was, helped me to get through some of the most difficult years of my life. Even though, in my heart, I knew that God was in control over all of my life, I managed to still clench my fingers tightly over those circumstances that I felt were within my reach, those circumstances that I was scared to give entirely over to Him.
“In a world where everyone wears a mask, it’s a privilege to see a soul.”
What do former abortion clinic workers and abortion survivors have in common?
If you’ve ever wondered what goes through an abortion survivor’s head on their birthday, I’ll give you a sneak peek into mine on my 40th birthday.
I don’t believe God originally wrote abortion into my life, as God is the Creator of life. But when it was introduced by man, or in my case, a woman, He rewrote the story of my life around it, to create the story of a life that is more intricate, more redemptive, more grace-filled, than anything anyone else could have planned or written.
