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Heal the Brokenhearted and Comfort their Grief

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Part of the outreach of Miscarriage Moms For Life hopes to help bring healing to the brokenhearted, comfort to the grieving parents, and restoration to the families of aborted children. In Luke 4:18, Jesus began to quote Isaiah 61, regarding healing heart-break, freeing captives, restoring sight, and forgiving restoration for the crushed. Isaiah 61, verses 2-4 also include comforting the mourners, providing for the grievers (lifting them out of the ashes and out of despair), restoring, and renewing so that the Lord’s splendor (glory) would be clearly seen.

Heal the Brokenhearted

There is no quick-fix to healing the heart-break of child loss. Many times what is said does more harm than good, but prayerfully not on this site. You’ll love and remember your child for the rest of your life. But perhaps with some level of healing, you may find some freedom from getting stuck in the brokenness. You will eventually find the strength to keep going on with life—even when triggers remind you of the heartbreak. Your baby deserves a memorial, a place of internment, as afforded to other humans with remains.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comfort the Grievers

We are so sorry for your loss. Your baby’s life matters, no matter how short it was.

Find comfort in our books, When Unborn Babies Speak and Other Side Of Grief.

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You are not alone. Sharing your baby’s life with others can help, and Miscarriage Moms For Life wants to be a safe place for you to share all of the things you learned about your child that made him/her unique from others and special to you (read Personhood Stories). Did he have you eating burgers all the time? Did she keep you binging on milkshakes? Did you dream of your child’s gender? Your baby’s life deserves validation and acknowledgment of humanity.

Forgive the Crushed

Whatever your circumstances, you got an abortion. And now you realize the pain it caused. You just can’t seem to break free from the guilt and shame, even if you have repented (read Why is Repentance Necessary). That freedom is through Christ (read Eternity), and Miscarriage Moms For Life would like to extend the forgiveness to you in a tangible way. We want to offer you a place to memorialize your child with a personalized rock at a gravesite. The abortion was horrible, but Christ said “Father, forgive them,” of the ones who killed Him, and He will forgive you, too. Honor your child. Recognize his/her life as valuable. Name your child (read Importance of Naming Your Child). And forgive yourself.

Because humanity is made in the image of God, our lives matter from the point when our DNA was initially formed. When we acknowledge the lives lost and validate the grief of others, we demonstrate the compassion God has for His creation. We bring Him glory and splendor in continuing to minister to others even as Christ did. We help heal the brokenhearted and comfort the grievers. We become His ambassadors—His hands and feet—on the earth pointing to a God that loves us and wants us whole.

Our Memorial and our books, Other Side Of Grief and When Unborn Babies Speak, may bring you some additional comfort.

 

Why is Repentance Necessary?

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Why is Repentance Necessary?

In the post, Heal the Brokenhearted and Comfort Their Grief, Miscarriage Moms For Life offers to memorialize aborted babies for mothers (or other family). Some may question why would we open this up to those involved in abortion.  This is an act of compassion.  Compassion facilitates healing whereas condemnation does not.  This post is NOT meant to condemn or judge.

To learn more about the difference between conviction and condemnation, read our book, Other Side Of Grief.

It can be easy for us who so desperately wanted our babies to live on earth with us to struggle with feeling compassion towards those who aborted their child(ren). We who mourn our dead child(ren) often find the act of abortion heinous for many of us see it as the murder of children (though it is not P.C. to admit this, we do so as part of our religious beliefs and/or deeply held maternal convictions). We may not realize that some women are pressured into having abortions without wanting to abort while other women may not understand what they are doing until it is too late.

While our views that abortion is murder remain intact, we, as Christians, make the distinction between the act of sin and the one committing the sin and can extend compassion towards ones who commit sin without condoning the sin. But for us to do that without falling into the trap of enabling the sin, repentance is necessary. [Repentance may look different for those who were coerced or deceived into aborting compared to those who willing sought it out.] Repentance is a turning away from the act of sin so that the repentant person no longer agrees with nor commits the sin. Repentance removes enablement and offers a better way of living.  Each of us–whether we have had an abortion or not–need to repent. (Read more on repentance.)

Why is Repentance Necessary?

Repentance is not easy nor comfortable, but repentance is necessary and important.

Read more in our book, Other Side Of Grief.

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Part of John the baptizer’s exhortation included for us to “Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance,” (Luke 3:8a) “for the remission of sins,” (Luke 3:3b). Likewise, this exhortation was echoed when “From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, ‘Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand,’” (Matthew 3:17). That Jesus also spoke of the necessity of repentance further emphasizes its importance in each of our lives.

 

 

 

 

 

Luke wrote that repentance and remission of sins work together. Jesus told His disciples, “Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained,” (John 20:23). It is easier to remit the sin of abortion when there are clear signs (fruits worthy) of repentance from those involved in aborting their child(ren).

We will still offer to memorialize aborted babies. God is good to all and sends rain on the repentant and on the unrepentant. We want to reflect His goodness in the hopes that those involved in the abortion may (if not already) repent and find healing and wholeness through Christ.

There are clear benefits of repentance that extends past acceptance by the general pregnancy loss community.  Why is repentance necessary?  Repentance helps restore relationships. It is an act of reconciliation. We do not want you to remain isolated, broken, hurting, and condemned. We want you to accept and receive healing, wholeness, peace, freedom, reconciliation, and restoration. It is possible through Christ and the love He gives us to love others.

 

Attend our memorial to honor your baby. Find more hope and healing in reading our books, When Unborn Babies Speak and Other Side Of Grief.

  

 

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