{"id":16237,"date":"2022-06-25T04:31:46","date_gmt":"2022-06-25T09:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=16237"},"modified":"2022-06-25T04:32:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-25T09:32:00","slug":"the-darkest-day-or-brightest-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=16237","title":{"rendered":"The Darkest Day or Brightest Day?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Yesterday, I received a text message that read: \u201cSupreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade\u201d. The text sender said: \u201cGod did it! Roe v. Wade overturned. Many intercessors have labored for years to see this come to past. Prayers prayed and prayers answered. God hears and God acts. Praise be to God!\u201d<br><br>Our president declared \u201cThis is the darkest day in American history!\u201d Can we even grasp those words when we have witnessed the darkest days in American history are each day when another life is taken by abortion?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This isn\u2019t typical of my usual daily blogs, but I sense a greater call today. I fly under the radar when it comes to most political and public controversies. But my heart just won\u2019t let me be silent when it comes to the abortion atrocities and how so many have the notion that it\u2019s okay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I write this blog on the heels of my attending the Andrea Bocelli Concert on Wednesday night. His personal story is compelling. In the video below, he speaks about \u201ca young pregnant wife hospitalized for a simple attack of appendicitis. The doctors suggested that she abort the child. They told her it was the best solution because the baby would be born with some disability. But the young brave wife would not abort, and the child was born. That woman was my mother, and I was the child. Maybe I&#8217;m partisan, but I can say that it was the right choice.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wpBdjbevKNA\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wpBdjbevKNA<\/a><br><br>In Galatians 1:15, the Apostle Paul says \u201cGod chose me before I was born\u201d. What does that say about God\u2019s handiwork in our mother\u2019s womb? I can respond to that question from firsthand experience. My mom wasn\u2019t excited when she heard that she was pregnant (12 years after my sister\u2019s birth). She could have been one of those who chose death over life. But thank God, she chose life and not only was I her \u201cbaby\u201d all 94 years of her life, but she was my ministry after my dad passed away. God set me apart to be her caregiver, and I thank Him for that privilege.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am ever grateful that President Trump ensured a solid Supreme Court that balanced the scales of justice for our precious babies\u2019 lives. What should we do now?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Pray for expectant mothers who may be facing horrific circumstances. Pray that God will bring peace to their anxieties and fears. Pray that the church will rise to address the needs young mothers are facing. \u201cHe heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds\u201d (Psalm 147:3).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Pray that abortionists will come to know Christ as Savior. \u201cBut God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us\u201d (Romans 5:8).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Pray that abortion facilities will close. \u201cHe thwarts the plans of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success\u201d (Job 5:12).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Pray that the hearts of our leaders and all people will be awakened to the value of human life from conception to death. \u201cI will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh\u201d (Ezekiel 36:26).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Pray for those considering abortions to have divine encounters that will give them hope for their future. \u201cFor I know the plans I have for you,\u201d declares the Lord, \u201cplans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future\u201d (Jeremiah 29:11)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Pray for women who have been the victims of abortionists, that they will experience spiritual, emotional, and physical healing. \u201cThe Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love\u201d (Psalm 145:8).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, I received a text message that read: \u201cSupreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade\u201d. The text sender said: \u201cGod did it! Roe v. Wade overturned. Many intercessors have labored for years to see this come to past. Prayers prayed and prayers answered. God hears and God acts. Praise be to God!\u201d Our president declared \u201cThis&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16239,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[24001],"tags":[142,12428,18494,1210,1330,1769,23997,21813,12430,18545,23999,40,271,24000,2357,23996,23998,1337],"class_list":["post-16237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-roe-v-wade","tag-abortion","tag-abortionists","tag-andrea-bocelli","tag-blog","tag-choose-life","tag-christian","tag-darkest-day-or-brightest-day","tag-divine-encounters","tag-expectant-mothers","tag-formed-in-the-womb","tag-human-life","tag-inspiration","tag-jeremiah-2911","tag-plans-by-god","tag-pray","tag-roe-v-wade","tag-roe-v-wade-overturned","tag-supreme-court"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16237"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16240,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16237\/revisions\/16240"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}