My path is in the Pro Life advocacy role. Counseling women who have had abortions, trying to help them cope with the loss, grief, guilt and depression AND speaking out about the reality and horror of abortion.
2006-10-26 03:22:19 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
im quite young and a relatively new Christian, so i am getting my calling revealed to me bit by bit. its so exiting! i am called to full-time ministry. im at bible college at the moment so im not there yet, but im on the right path.
i know that i will be for a time, a Praise and Worship leader, as part of a huge outreach evangelical thing to my nation... and i know im called to marry a man in full-time ministry also and that we will be working together in the church, reaching out to the lost and growing people in the word. its really amazing. i wouldnt believe it if God hadnt been showing me so clearly!
i think your path is awesome. i too have a heart for young women going through things like that, coz lots of my friends dealt with that and i was there with them through it all.
i just want to be used by God to make a difference in this world. and there is nothing quite like having the honour of leading someone to Christ :-)
u go girl!
EDIT:
i just read some responses, and am dissappointed. telling people what God has placed on your heart is not a prideful thing at all. it is giving God glory for giving you a purpose. it is a testimony of God using someone, and its great. its got nothing to do with puffing yourself up. So maybe people should "trim there wick" with this thought - theres such a thing as false humility.
Oh and all the people ragging out on the questioner about her call to helping abortion victums. how about you just stop for a minute, and think. she is HELPING these girls get through what they just experienced. counselling them. encouraging them to move on. there is nothing wrong with that, infact, it is a good thing. and if you dont think abortion is wrong... how about googling pics of aborted babies. they arent just little tadpoles. they are murdered babies. This womans job is not to judge them or make the girls feel bad. it is to help them get over it and heal them of there sorrow, or guilt if they have any. and to make those who havent yet aborted but need to know the truth, be aware of it. so just leave her alone. go google and then maybe you will have a right to comment.
2006-10-26 03:30:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I believe that God has a path for everyone to follow. I work with disabled and sick children. Do I think that is my path? I am not sure, do I love what I do, I do very much. My heart aches for these children. I believe in Pro-Life as well, but I also believe in pro-choice. There are 300 million americans, and in some circumstances some people should not have children. People that can't afford it, people that were raped or victims of incest. People that know the child would be handicapped. I do not by all means want to step on your toes in anyway. But many women have died by receiving back door abortions. I personally do not want to go back to those days. I believe that the fetus is human and believe that it is wrong to have an abortion but I also believe that it is a woman's right to choose.
2006-10-26 03:38:21 · answer #2 · answered by lizzy tee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I feel that he has given me a path. But mine is more just following his lead. I guess it's the same thing. I met my wife when I was 26, and after our first date I knew that she was the one. We have been together for 16 years and married for 14 with 4 kids. I know God had it all planned out, I just had to follow and wait. I was previously in a relationship that could have become a marriage. I thought I was done running around and ready to settle. I loved the girl and thought we could make it work. She was the best that I had come across. Needless to say, I didn't end up with her. But she too was a gift from GOD. I was recovering from a horrible accident, lucky to be alive, when she stepped in. I was feeling so low, no job, no money... and facing a long time to recover. I was at zero. I didn't have the emotional strength to do anything. She walked into my life, basically made me feel better about myself, so that I could live again. I couldn't have done it alone, nor would many of girl been willing to pick me up like she did. She wouldn't let me stay down. Even though she was there to pull me up, she wasn't the girl to marry. I could write pages of times in my life that I drove a different way, didn't go out or the phone rang when I really needed it to. Times that made a difference in my life. Once, when I was working the all nighter at my job I was having one of the worst days that I can remember. I prayed that something had to give. That I wasn't going to survive that night alone without help. Well, in walks a girl who kinda reminds me of the girl previuosly mentioned. I was so low that I barely noticed her walking in the store. But she didn't settle for that. She made me notice her. She made me feel better. And before the night was done, I felt like my world would not only survive, but thrive. We dated for 6 months I guess, but the point was , when I have been at my lowest, GOD has carried me. I HAVE JUST READ THE PREVIOUS ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTION. I apologize for them. You ask a simple question and get mocked for it. You were not preaching, nor were you invading anyones space. Why they have to invade is beyond me.
2006-10-26 03:48:00 · answer #3 · answered by rock d 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi Jen i think your path is very good God Bless you always my path with Jesus is a long and hard one it is always hard to tell which way to go i am always asking the Holy Spirit to guide me if i can make a difference in one persons life then my life will be worth while there are always stumbling blocks in my way but if i stumble and fall Jesus is always there to pick me up again Being a Christian isn't easy its the Hardest thing one can do in life i think that's why so many people don't want nothing to do with it it is so much easier to feed the flesh with sin then it is to feed the spirit with the word of God Jesus said in the last days the word would hate us for his name sake they will even want to kill us God Bless you always
2006-10-26 03:36:38 · answer #4 · answered by jamnjims 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
And my path would be counselling those who because of some religious bigots have had their lives ruined by back-street abortionists. These would be poor people of course because the rich Christians would have been able to get their abortions from friendly doctors who have no problem with their hypocrisy.
2006-10-26 03:26:08 · answer #5 · answered by fourmorebeers 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
not christian... but a point to consider...
not everyone's path is the same.
YOUR path may be perfect for you. there is a role and need for all sorts of beliefs and roles and positions and whatnot.
one HUGE thing to keep in mind is that God has a purpose for each person, even those who are in opposition to your view.
another point more specifically to keep in mind... is how much of the "guilt and depression" is CAUSED by exactly what your doing.
I encourage you to consider how much of the problem you are trying to solve... was caused by you to begin with.
2006-10-26 03:26:47 · answer #6 · answered by RW 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Why would a woman who has gone through the traumatic experiece of deciding and having an abortion go to someone like you who holds a subjective view on abortion.
You are either a liar or someone who is not to be trusted.
2006-10-26 03:31:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
well done you are doing a worth while thing.
Jesus who is the way, the life and the truth has given all of us the right path, i measure myself on how true to I am to his teaching, and leave others to alone.
2006-10-26 03:28:42 · answer #8 · answered by Sentinel 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes but I do not want to go into any details here. I have a real problem with fellow Christians who advertise how "holy" they are and I try real hard to trim my lamp
2006-10-26 03:26:34 · answer #9 · answered by barrettins 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i have always believed that god has chosen my path as that was what i was tout as a kid but if it really was so way in Christ name cant i hold a job way am i so accident prone and why was i so hopeless at school. its not like i keep thinking why is my life so wrecked and me me me but if God has set my life out in front of me his not very funny and his a real prick
2006-10-26 03:35:47 · answer #10 · answered by coombzay 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋