Welcome to Poetry from a Pastor's Pen, dedicated to persons suffering from the effects of post-abortion trauma. May these words speak deep to your heart--there is forgiveness and freedom for you today!
The first two poems are taken from "Prayers from my Pencil (Personal Psalms for Everyday Believers)" by Rev. Greg Asimakoupoulos,published by Mainstay Church Resources, Wheaton, Illinois. Pastor Greg is a minister, a free-lance writer, speaker and poet.
Lord Jesus, be near my hurting friend.
Her eyes speak the pain that she bears.
She aches in her heart from a heartless mistake
she made when she was young.
It seemed so right then.
But then was when her only concern was a choice.
And left to her choice and society's voice,
what she thought was right proved all wrong.
And though that happened years ago,
before she called You Lord,
the guilt of her past (like acid rain)
still burns inside her soul.
I know You have cried for her sorrow.
Please release her from kidnapping fear.
Would you help her to know she one day will hold
the child she longs to be near?
Copyright 2003 by Greg Asimakoupoulos. Used by permission of author.
"An Aborter's Reprieve"
Weighed down by shame,
I waited for Your sun to shine again.
I wondered if it ever would.
How could it after what I'd done?
A grievous crime. Murder!
Spirit numb.
Heart cold.
Black clouds hung low.
I could barely breathe.
I could barely lift my head.
But in my weakened gasping state,
I owned my sin instead.
And deep within my soul
You pushed the clouds away.
The sun for which I longed
dawned at last.
It thawed my frozen will
and stilled my anxious mind.
No longer blind,
now I can see.
I am clean.
I am forgiven.
I am free.
Copyright 2005 by Greg Asimakoupoulos, Naperville, IL - used by permission.
"A Choice to Make" - for Sanctity of Life Sunday
Note: Scroll down to the second poem on the page.
Child of Sorrow...Child of Peace!--
A pro-life devotional by Peggie C. Bohanon (Peggie's Place), with extensive resources and links related to crisis pregnancy and post-abortion trauma.
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