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(Alliance Defending Freedom<\/a>) A few weeks ago, I had an unshakable urge to reach out to a former classmate of mine from high school: Sarah. We had never been good friends, but I had recently noticed a Facebook post that Sarah gave birth to a son. I sent Sarah a short message, asking her if she\u2019d like a meal and diapers. I received an emphatic \u201cYes!\u201d and we agreed to meet.<\/p>\n

When I visited Sarah, I was not aware of how God worked in her life over the previous months.<\/p>\n

Surprisingly, in the middle of our conversation, Sarah said that she \u201ccould not believe she had ever considered other options.\u201d When I inquired about what she meant, I found out Sarah was engaged to a man for several months, and just weeks after breaking off the engagement, she learned she was pregnant. \u00a0Sarah was devastated, and what\u2019s worse, her ex-fianc\u00e9 told her he wanted nothing to do with Sarah and nothing to do with the baby.\u00a0Her experience followed the clich\u00e9 perfectly \u2013 he told her to \u201cget rid of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nSarah began considering when she should schedule her abortion. Then, she saw my posts on Facebook: the Planned Parenthood videos<\/a>, ADF\u00a0blogs and articles<\/a>, and pictures<\/a>\u00a0from the Planned Parenthood protests. Each time Sarah was considering abortion, one of my posts came back to mind\u2013a photo of me at a Planned Parenthood protest, holding a homemade poster of my son\u2019s ultrasound next to a current photo of my son.<\/p>\n

Sarah immediately pulled out her ultrasound, obtained just days earlier from a local pregnancy center. She stared at the tiny human in black and white and wondered what her child would look like in just a few short months. Did it really already have fingernails, like Juno<\/em> said?<\/p>\n

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\nAfter 4 days of looking at the ultrasound, it was too much. Abortion-minded Sarah decided abortion was no longer an option. She chose to carry her baby to full term.<\/p>\n

As her story concluded and I held the newborn in my arms, I gave thanks to God for this baby\u2019s life. In a way, I felt like somehow I was partly responsible to take care of him for the rest of my life.<\/p>\n

Sarah had never intended to reach out about her experience, and she certainly never expected me to reach out to her.\u00a0 But as Sarah was sitting in the hospital after delivering her baby, she received the message from me, the girl from high school whose posts help change her mind about abortion … someone she barely knew…. reaching out to her with an offer of dinner and diapers the day after her child was born.<\/p>\n

Only our Heavenly Father could have orchestrated these events, and I\u2019m so overwhelmed by the way God chooses to reveal His work through us. What an amazing reminder that we never know the impact our lives may be having on those around us.<\/p>\n

I hope you will celebrate with me in this victory of life \u2013 a victory accomplished only by God\u2019s grace.<\/p>\n

His name is Edwin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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