My call into pro-life ministry came back in 1966. I was eighteen and I knew that my commitment to God had come to the point where He was calling me to some sort of purpose. I would especially feel the call when I saw injustice. Injustice was what Martin Luther King was taking about and my ears were listening closely to all the civil rights news.
In the early 70’s I heard about the equal rights amendment. I was listening but God was directing. A Christian woman who was well informed explained why this particular “call” was false. She said that among other things wrong with the amendment, abortion rights were included. I needed to have abortion defined, prior to this, I never heard about such a thing. I was appalled at the thought of killing babies. I did not know anything about pro-life groups, but I was anti equal rights from then on.
The next encounter was through some office mail a picture of aborted babies in a garbage bag came. I thought, “is it really true that all those babies were being killed?” Someone needs to DO something.
About five years later I was at the Capitol and saw a pro-life rally from a distance. My heart was stirred and I prayed to God to please end abortion. I promised I would make a public stand if I were ever given the chance.
Then opportunity came. I became a pro-life lobbyist. My next pro-life work was the position of a state church coordinator. I founded a teens for life group during this period. A few years later God led me to start Christians For Life. There was and is a need for an organization to offer post abortion recovery classes, pray at abortion facilities, sponsor a youth group and especially build a memorial. Saving the babies and their families has become my passion. God’s call on my life is being fulfilled! Whatever has been and will be accomplished, it is God’s glory. I am so glad to be a daughter of Him and I will follow His lead all the days of my life.
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