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Married to a man she loved and devoted to a life of Christian leadership with him, an affair was not something Audrey Meisner ever imagined she would become caught up in. She and her husband Bob had three children, ages 10, 13, and 15, and were pastoring a church together. Although her affair only lasted for three short weeks, it promised to alter their lives forever — and caused Audrey to contemplate abortion<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI never suspected that this would be my story,\u201d she told Live Action News. \u201cI never really dreamed that this would be my story, but when I look back 17 years, I can\u2019t help but be in wonder about how God can redeem the most impossible situation. It felt like the worst day of my life when I told Bob that I\u2019d had an affair. I was so remorseful, so full of regret. I could not live with the secret.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bob Meisner felt completely betrayed when his wife confessed to the affair. Lost in pain, he turned to a fellow pastor for support.<\/p>\n

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Audrey and Bob Meisner chose life when faced with an unexpected pregnancy. Photo via Facebook.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cIn a crisis moment, everyone is trying to make sense of it,\u201d he explained. \u201cHow do we figure this out? Where do we place this? Those why questions become so intrusive we just obsess in our mind of why, why, why, and how. So, to be able to have people give us a moment to pause and think and consider: is there another way? Is there hope? The initial thoughts are just terrorizing and just images of doom and gloom and worst-case scenarios, so to be able to have someone you can call or talk to to get perspective is invaluable.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the advice of his friend, Bob returned home and did not spend even one night apart from his wife despite his anger and deep hurt. He knew he would not leave Audrey, but he didn\u2019t know how he could move forward and be happy in his marriage. The couple spent ten days together at a church far from home, gaining support and turning \u201cthe most horrific week\u201d of their lives into a step towards healing and the understanding that \u201clove never fails.\u201d With a new direction, a new perspective, and accountability, they returned home to continue working on their marriage. But more pain was in store for them.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt was just a couple of weeks later that we were at home, in our bedroom, and we went through one pregnancy test after another after another,\u201d said Bob. \u201cThey kept turning up positive. The next day we went to a walk-in clinic and waited terrified for the doctor to come in. The news came that the pregnancy test was positive and without hesitation, the doctor sat right there in front of us and said, \u2018The test results are positive. Do you want to continue this pregnancy?\u2019 My response was an absolute, \u2018Yes.\u2019 There wasn\u2019t a hesitation. I needed to step up. Now it wasn\u2019t just about me, there was another life here. I was quite surprised that we were immediately given the option of terminating this pregnancy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Audrey, however, was not so quick to dismiss the idea of abortion. Bob had had a vasectomy, so the couple knew without question that the baby had been conceived during the affair. They also knew that this baby wouldn\u2019t look like the other children, and Audrey\u2019s secret would be shared with the world as soon as the baby was born.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy reputation, my credentials were completely gone because everyone would know the stupidest thing I had ever done against God and my family,\u201d explained Audrey. \u201cI was terrified. My whole world stood still, and I didn\u2019t think I had the strength or courage to face the rest of my life. It was that desperation that led me to call the abortion clinic privately in my kitchen. They said they would send me ten pills anonymously and I would take one every day for ten days and my problem would be gone. Even saying those words, \u2018my problem would be gone,\u2019 hurts my heart because I think of our son who is a precious and invaluable life.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Meisner Family. Audrey and Bob chose life and refused abortion for their fourth child. Photo via Facebook.<\/p><\/div>\n

Audrey hung up the phone with the abortion facility and knew she would not go through with an abortion, but still full of fear, she begged God for a miscarriage. It was a prayer that wouldn\u2019t be answered.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m so grateful that God doesn\u2019t answer all of our prayers; because of His wisdom and sovereignty, He sees hope when we don\u2019t. He sees an ending that I can\u2019t even imagine. I think now, that because God loves me so much, that He didn\u2019t answer my prayer,\u201d said Audrey. \u201cI was asking him to evacuate me out of my circumstance, but He came to me right where I was and held me and loved me and comforted me and reassured me that He would never leave me or forsake me. He wasn\u2019t going to take me out of the circumstance, but He would walk with me through it.\u201d<\/p>\n

A few weeks later, Audrey broke down to her father, telling him that she felt her life was over. He reassured her that the affair was something she did<\/em>, but it was not who she was<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI decided to remember that even though people sometimes judge you by your worst mistake, our Father in Heaven, He doesn\u2019t define us by it but calls us His children, His beloved,\u201d she said. \u201cThat reality becomes very real when you make a mistake that is so public, so scandalous, yet God loves us even on our worst day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Audrey and Bob moved forward with their lives, knowing the day would come when they would have to tell their children. Still full of raw emotions but knowing that the baby was not a problem and that children are never a problem, they knew they could now focus on making the right choices. That didn\u2019t, however, make their choices any easier.<\/p>\n

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The Meisner family. Audrey and Bob refused abortion after Audrey’s affair. Photo via Facebook.<\/p><\/div>\n

Four months into the pregnancy, Audrey and Bob told their children about the baby. Audrey cried as Bob put a blanket over her from head to toe.<\/p>\n

\u201cI said, \u2018This is what God does when we make a mistake. He comes to us and covers us and wraps His arms around us and says, \u201cI will never leave you. I will never forsake you,\u201d\u2019 explained Bob. \u201cI described to them how much I loved their mom and what a wonderful family we are and that we are better together than we are apart. I said, \u2018Kids, Mom has made a great mistake, but I\u2019m not going anywhere\u2019 and with my next breath I just said, \u2018You\u2019re going to have a baby brother.\u2019 Immediately my oldest son knew what happened and he\u2019s crying. My daughter understood as well, and she was crying, but it only took a moment for her to get this big smile and say \u2018Daddy, we\u2019re gonna have a baby!\u2019 She cannot contain the excitement of a new life, of a new baby, of a new brother.\u201d<\/p>\n

He gave each of the children a gift that night to give their baby brother when he was born symbolizing that he is a gift, not a problem. When Audrey went into labor, they were able to celebrate. As for a name, they settled on Theodore as a middle name because it means \u201cdivine gift\u201d and they knew that was exactly what this baby was. \u201cBorn out of the heart of God and entrusted to us,\u201d said Bob. For a first name, they were flipping through a baby naming book when it occurred to Bob to name the baby after himself \u2013 Robert.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t want my<\/em> son – I didn\u2019t want our<\/em> son – to ever question for a day in his life whose boy he is,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

Audrey and Bob will be the first to say that the birth of Robert was not the end of the story. Their issues weren\u2019t over. Their problems weren\u2019t fixed. They had little money to live on and baby Robert slept in a travel crib in a closet. But they are still in it together and can\u2019t imagine life without Robert.<\/p>\n

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Bob and Audrey Meisner with their son Robert who was born after his parents refused abortion. Photo via Facebook.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cWhat happens with couples and individuals in crisis moments, they feel the need to make life altering decisions in that moment,\u201d said Bob. \u201cThey feel they need to make that decision now and they make one bad decision after another. That\u2019s why we need each other. We need help. We need people to come beside us to bring clarity and thought in an extremely urgent situation. That\u2019s what my pastor was able to do for us. You think you\u2019re going to leave, you\u2019re going to threaten the other person, you\u2019re going to make them pay thinking that you can even out the score. Thinking we\u2019ll find restitution that way. Right away I was being so challenged with the nature and character of God. He doesn\u2019t do that to me with my mistakes, with my choices. He doesn\u2019t condemn me. He makes a way out for me and that\u2019s what I needed to do for my wife.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bob and Audrey want women and couples facing unplanned \u201ccrisis\u201d pregnancies to know that they are not alone. The circumstances surrounding the baby\u2019s conception might not be ideal – they might be terrifying. But you have a baby, so look at that new life and see that that baby can have a great life and that you can be an exceptional mother or father. The couple has written a book about their marriage and experiences called “Marriage Undercover.”<\/p>\n

\u201cIt feels like it\u2019s going to be a sacrifice,\u201d said Audrey. \u201cIt feels hopeless, but with every new life is a fresh start. With the greatest sacrifice comes the greatest reward. Trust God like you\u2019ve never trusted God before because God will never disappoint.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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