This evening I watched a program featuring a woman who talked about having an abortion when she was a young teenager. She was only 15 years old when she found herself pregnant. Her mother didn’t want her to have the baby and didn’t want the baby to be born under those circumstances. So the young girl was forced to have an abortion. Later in life, after she married, her first 2 pregnancies were miscarriages. She was certain God was punishing her for what she had done so many years ago. Many years later, she experienced a conversion to the Catholic faith. She said when she went to Confession, she was overwhelmed with the thought that Jesus died for her sins, and now she was freed. However, she still carried the thoughts that she was a bad person. Years later still, she went on a pilgrimage to Lourdes where she entered the bath. She said it was a surreal experience which was impossible to put into words. After that, she was completely healed from her guilt and shame. She leads prayer groups now for women who have lost babies and revealed that even those who say they are fine have a deep hole inside them that needs healing. I was impressed with her honesty, humility, calm demeanor, and love that she felt for others. I thought about what an amazing, loving, generous God we have and how He always offers us more and more grace as often as we continue to go to Him.

I Found God today in His generous love.