“Are we supposed to be here today, God?”
“ Mothers! come out! come out! Don’t kill your babe-iees!”
“Is this week just gonna keep getting worse and worse? Why did we have to start on such a bad note??”
“If YOU died to-DAY on that table, do you know WHERE would you go AF-ter you DIED?”
“Something is different here. Something feels wrong. The people around me feel it. They’re struggling. Something is wrong.”
“…Hell! Do you want to go there??”
“ The Enemy doesn’t have control here….
“…INNOCENT!”
…but I think he has a grip…
“…MUR-DERERS…!”
He’s telling lies.
“ONCE SAVED, ALWAYS SAVED IS A LIE FROM THE PIT OF HELL!”
He’s deceiving all of us.”
“ Fitshugh is HERE! The baby killer is HERE!”
“ I want to leave! I don’t want to feel like this. I can’t pray and worry at the same time!”
“ Be STILL.”
“…what?”
“ Worry about nothing. Pray about everything.”
“…that’s what i’ve been trying to do and–.”
” Be still. I’m so much bigger than all of this, can’t you see, Kathryne?”
So I did. I clung to prayer like it was only possible way to survive. I cried out to God more honestly than i have in a while. i begged Him to come. i begged Him to move and take the Enemy’s grip off of this place.
And the verses came back to me.
“Get behind me, Satan!
You are a stumbling block to me;
you do not have in mind the things of God,
but the things of men.”
“The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet”
“He rescued me from my powerful enemy, who was too strong for me.”
“The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.”
Saturday, August 30th did not go how I thought it would.
Let me rephrase that.
Last Saturday started out going along the complete opposite path i would have chosen to start on.
The first time, ever, i didn’t wake up when my alarm went off ( if it even did?). I was supposed to pick Seth up at 5:40 and i didn’t even wake up until 6:40. Holly’s alarm didn’t go off. Ben couldn’t find his car keys. Jen&Linz had trouble leaving their own driveway.
But those things didn’t matter. God had bigger plans. We made it there. We had a rough begining. Well, at least i did. But it turned out to be one of the greatest experiences i’ve ever had there. After we prayed together for a very long time, we met some new people from Bound4Life Richmond. We were slightly weary at first as we always are with other ‘protesters’ outside the clinic, but they turned out to be really cool and a huge encouragement. Holly and Jenna started a conversation with Peggy, this really nice lady who works as a clinic volunteer on the ‘other side’ of the lines. The subject quickly changed to Christ. And it stayed there for a time. Another escort came over and listened. So, we prayed again. And i felt joy. God was answering specific prayers and he was using us to fulfill his plans. I still can’t believe the opportunities He’s given us there. Best of all was when we left. We went over to Monroe Park to feed homeless people, which didn’t go quite as we had planned. However, we ended up meeting with one of the escorts in the park and talking with him for a while.
I don’t know what He did through us this past week. All i know is that He makes all things good.
