This impressive book is written by a family therapist and a physician who have counseled hundreds of post-abortive women. Solitary Sorrow: Finding Healing & Wholeness after Abortion, by Teri and Paul Reisser Pat also discusses her ministry to post-abortive women and dismantles the cultural lie that “abortion hurts no one.”Ī Mother’s Heart Redeemed by God, with Jennifer PoliminoĪuthor Jennifer Polimino, a stay-at-home mother with a ministry to moms, describes how she’s experienced God’s grace and healing from a past characterized by abuse and emotional pain. She shares practical ways we can overcome our shame and find our identity in Christ, be a vessel to share that love to others, and not let our circumstances dictate our attitude.įinding Healing and Hope After an Abortion, Part 1 & Part 2, with Patricia LaytonĪuthor and speaker Patricia Layton describes how God has helped her find emotional and psychological healing after an abortion she had when she was younger, offering encouragement and hope to women who are struggling with similar pain. Lysa TerKeurst shares transparently on what rejection has felt like in her own life from an emotionally absent father, to an unwanted pregnancy which led her to abortion. Overcoming Rejection to Live in God’s Love, with Lisa TerKeurst We would love to hear your thoughts in the comments.Talking With Your Spouse About an Abortion in Your Past Perhaps this could become a daily prayer throughout the season of Lent – that you could be transformed from one degree of glory to another. The season of Lent offers a wonderful opportunity to make the prayer of today’s Collect your personal prayer: “Grant to me that I, beholding by faith the light of Jesus’ countenance, may be strengthened to bear his cross, and be changed into his likeness from glory to glory.” However, as we behold the glory of the Lord, we are transfigured from one degree of glory to another (see 2 Corinthians 3:18) meaning that we become more like Jesus.ĭo you believe this divine truth for yourself and are you seeking this kind of transformation? It is a work of the Holy Spirit that begins with you asking the Spirit to lead you into this holy transformation. Granted, it won’t be as glorious as Jesus’ was that day. The prayer of the Collect today remembers that blessed account of Peter, James, and John while also reminding us that we, too, are to be transfigured. I am sure these men were listening as they were beholding! If that was not enough excitement for one day, there came the voice from heaven: “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased listen to him” (Matthew 17:6). Right there on the mountain were Moses and Elijah. The next thing these men knew, the great prophets they had learned about throughout their lives were standing with Jesus. Prepared or not, Jesus’ face became like the shining sun and his clothes became dazzling white (see Matthew 17:2). How could one prepare for a divine transformation before one’s very eyes? I can’t help but wonder if Jesus gave these men any sense of what they would soon behold – Jesus in his glory. Probably like another other trek up the mountain (better known as a hill), the men talked as they journeyed. James, John, and Peter accompanied Jesus up the mountain. The Scripture readings this week center around the transfiguration of Jesus. Amen.” The Collect for the 7th Sunday after Epiphany, Book of Common Prayer “O God, who before the passion of your only begotten Son revealed his glory upon the holy mountain: Grant to us that we, beholding by faith the light of his countenance, may be strengthened to bear our cross, and be changed into his likeness from glory to glory through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
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