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The reason she went to the
clinic that day
Was just as simple as it
seems.
She wasn’t prepared for a
baby right now.
It was sad but she had
other dreams.
Her career, her boyfriend,
her trim figure too –
She wanted everything to
stay as it was.
So, even if she knew
abortion was wrong,
She could excuse it.
Everyone does.
But her decision proved not
quite so easy
Because more was at stake
than her choice.
And though her unborn son
remained silent,
God used others to give him
a voice.
For instance, a billboard
out on the highway
Showed an infant so
charming, so dear,
With a caption, “Mom,
please don’t hurt me.”
Oh, that message came
through loud and clear.
Then on her radio, a woman
explained
That abortion broke two
hearts, not one.
A pregnancy aid group
sponsored that ad
And by so doing, spoke for
her son.
And there was a new
believer in prison
And an old woman confined
to her bed –
Both were praying hard
against abortion
“Lord, save a child today”
their hearts pled.
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And right there at the
doors of the clinic
Other appeals were
earnestly prayed.
There Christians shared
love from the sidewalk
As gentle pro-life banners
swayed.
Yes, there were many
impassioned voices
Which in various ways were
upraised –
Interceding for both parent
and child
And through them all, God’s
truth brightly blazed.
Thus was her decision
complicated
By those saints God’s
Spirit had stirred.
And she felt His urgent
persuasion
And, at last, her spirit
concurred.
So she drove away from that
grim clinic
Praising the God she’d
finally believed.
And she thanked Him for the
pro-lifers present
And the life-saving words
she’d received.
That morning saw two
futures rescued
But the credit belongs to
just who?
Well, it’s for all who
defend the defenseless
Who do whatever it is they
can do.
For as God looks down from
His heaven,
He delights in the faith
that we show.
And He multiplies our every
effort
Accomplishing more than
we’ll ever know.
(Written by
Denny Hartford, 2004)
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