"Jesus, we plead Your blood over my sins and the sins of my nation. God, end abortion and send revival to America."
Saturday was the national day for Stand4Life. It was a national day to stand and pray against abortion. I had known about it for a few weeks and then on Wednesday of last week, I got a call asking if I would participate as well as be a captain at one of the local abortion clinics. Of course I said yes. I was so excited and honored to be a part of this day! I have never been a captain and honestly, after thinking about it for a while, I got nervous.
The first & last prayer siege I have been a part of was in 2010 when me and a few friends drove to Atlanta, then to Houston for the emergency prayer siege. We rode with the Atlanta Bound4life group to Texas. It was called Midnight Ride for Justice. If you are not familiar with what happened in 2010, here is the basic info: Planned Parenthood was opening their largest abortion, not only in the nation but in the Western Hemisphere. The building was/is 6 stories high and I believe that building was originally intended to be a bank. It is strategically placed in a lower income area that had 2 Hispanic communities and 1 African American community. Most people do not think it is strategically placed but I do. (If you don't, then that is okay... no need to start a debate on this). Anyways, we got there on a Friday afternoon, had an emergency Call meeting/prayer rumble. We prayed and cried out for 6 hours. The following day, we had the silent siege. Bound4Life only asked for 400 people to stand at the building, and then a few hundred to do the prayer march throughout the community. We ended up having over 1200 people there altogether and people were standing for life across the parking lot, street, to the other side of the interstate. It made national news and it was truly an experience I will never forget.
Back to Saturday, Sean and I went to the Planned Parenthood. It was our first time doing this together and it ended up just being the two of us. It started off raining so we just sat in our car the whole time. But when we drove up to the plaza where the clinic is, we saw a couple and their friend walking into the clinic like it was nothing to them. At that moment, we were unaware that they provide other services (remember this was our first time). After seeing them walk in with that attitude, it struck something in both of us. We are still unsure if they perform procedures on Saturday's at this clinic but it doesn't matter because the thought of abortion is being placed in these peoples' minds. It was a surreal moment for both of us and I was so glad that we got to experience this together. We know that one day we will adopt and being there just confirms it. It also confirms that we have to fight for those who do not have a voice. I don't see why babies are any different than animals, environment, etc. We fight for those who cannot verbally fight for themselves.
I thank God for this time with my husband as we start to get more involved in the Bound4Life, Fort Myers Chapter.
To learn more about the Bound4life organization click here.
