Using Your Suffering

J.M.J. +
I am posting in regards to this Saturday’s peaceful prayer vigil on the 1st of March which will take place outside Planned Parenthood (345 Whitney Avenue New Haven) from 8am until 12 pm noon, the hours which the babies are scheduled to be killed by abortion.

Below I have included a very sad article I received which highlights the importance of serving the Lord through coming out to pray for these babies and moms. It is said that it is impossible for us to know how many lives will be spared through serving God by praying and standing as a witness at the abortion mill, at least until eternity. We know by faith that Our Lord uses all things for good especially faithful and earnest prayer and fasting.

You may not know it now, but God very well may be asking you to serve Him by coming out to Planned Parenthood and offering the sacrifice of your time, comfort, and prayers for the very least of His, these women and babies everyone else has forgotten about or written off as inconvenient. If God appeared and asked you right now to come out to pray would you tell Him no? Would you say I am too busy, too cold, too tired, or too afraid? Do you feel there is just plain too much going on in your own suffering? If this is true then thank God! There is great power in the prayer of the suffering, use that suffering and that fear and that discomfort for Jesus who is asking us in sacred scripture to protect and love and care for the least of His people. He assures us whatever we do to them and for them we do unto Him. Offering our own suffering and getting out of ourselves by giving it all to Jesus we are assured He will transform it not wasting one ounce.

One of the best pieces of advice I have ever received in regards to suffering is when you are hurting help someone else who is hurting. Give it to Him and come and pray with us. After all, offering your suffering may mean life instead of death for a mother and her child.
May God bless you,
Mike and Kerry


FOXNEWS.COM HOME - WORLD U.K. Artist Kills Herself After Aborting TwinsSunday, February 24, 2008Last Updated: 12:23pm GMT 24/02/2008An artist killed herself after aborting her twins when she was eight weeks pregnant, leaving a note saying: 'I should never have had an abortion. I see now I would have been a good mum.'
Emma Beck was found hanging at her home in Helston, Cornwall, on Feb 1 2007. She was declared dead early the following day - her 31st birthday.advertisementHer suicide note read: 'I told everyone I didn't want to do it, even at the hospital. I was frightened, now it is too late. I died when my babies died. I want to be with my babies: they need me, no-one else does.'The inquest at Truro City Hall heard that Miss Beck had split up with her boyfriend, referred to as 'Ben' after he 'reacted badly' to the pregnancy.She saw her GP before the termination, but missed an appointment at a hospital in Penzance. She then cancelled, but later turned up to an appointment at a clinic at Royal Cornwall Hospital in Treliske. The counsellor was on holiday so a doctor referred Miss Beck to a pregnancy counselling telephone service eight days before carrying out the abortion when she was eight weeks pregnant, the inquest heard.The coroner, Dr Emma Carlyon, ordered that the identities of the doctor who performed the abortion and her lead consultant be kept secret.The inquest heard that Sylvia Beck, the victim's mother, wrote to the hospital after her daughter's death, saying: 'I want to know why she was not given the opportunity to see a counsellor.'She was only going ahead with the abortion because her boyfriend did not want the twins.'I believe this is what led Emma to take her own life - she could not live with what she had done.'The doctor said: 'I discussed Emma's situation with her, and wrote on the form, 'Unsupported, lives alone, ex-partner aware'.'It is normal practice to give a woman the number for telephone counselling when a counsellor is not available.'I am satisfied that everything was done to make sure that Emma consented to the operation.She added: 'We have since appointed more counsellors so there is more holiday cover.'Katie Gibbs, Miss Beck's GP, told the hearing: 'She was extremely distressed by the abortion procedure, and I didn't think she ever came to terms with it.'She had a long history of anxiety and depression. Despite my best efforts, she was not willing to see a counsellor after the termination.'Her boss at the clinic, said: 'The time that can be given to a woman by a counsellor is limited in a busy hospital.'I am satisfied everything was done to make sure Emma was consenting to surgery. I don't feel there was any gap in the counselling service.'There were lots of individuals who would be alert to any doubts. The comments made by Emma's mother are not about a doctor I recognise.'Mrs Beck told the court: 'Emma was considered a talented artist, and sold a number of paintings.'She was pleased when she became pregnant, but Ben reacted badly to the news.'Recording a verdict of suicide, Dr Carlyon said: 'It is clear that a termination can have a profound effect on a woman's life.'But I am reassured by the evidence of the doctors here.' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/02/22/nartist122.xml