THE CROSS AND ABORTION

The Cross of Jesus Christ Is God's Plus Sign To Both
The Saved And  The Unsaved Sinner.

As I hoisted the 60-pound, ten-foot cross upright at the abortion mill's large Family Planning sign, a loud and angry voice filled the air. The father of one of the young girls who was already upstairs and waiting to have an abortion was vehemently cussing out a group of prolife women for attempting to get his daughter to change her mind about allowing her unborn's life to be terminated.

The man's enraged tirade was laced with F-bombs. If looks and words could kill, every one of the prolife women would have been mortally wounded. Only inches separated the women legally standing on the sidewalk from the angry dad, who was standing on a narrow grass partition separating the killing clinic's driveway from the sidewalk.

SUDDENLY I RECOGNIZED THE ENRAGED FATHER

This Is The Tract/Card I Hand Out
To Women At Abortion Clinics

I looked at the man. If he physically attacked the women, I could be there in an instant. Something was familiar about this man. Suddenly, I recognized him. He is a friend whom I hadn't seen for quite some time. I asked someone to hold the cross and then walked to where he was standing. I loudly called out his name and beckoned for him to come to where I was standing on the sidewalk.

He looked at me in surprised recognition, then shook his head. "Can't do it," he answered. "This is personal business." I called him by his family nickname. "Come here and let's sort this out together." He shook his head again. "Can't do. This is my business and no one else's."

I had never met his daughter. I called out his nickname again. "Don't do this now. Go get your daughter, and let's talk about this." "Can't do it," he answered again, walking away and joining a group of men who were also outside and waiting for their girlfriends/wives to have their abortions. I lovingly but firmly gave him several rational reasons to go get his daughter before it was too late. But he was bent on seeing this thing through.

After several minutes of softly but firmly pleading with him (and the other men as well) to not allow the abortionist to kill  his daughter's baby, I returned to the cross and began praying for his daughter, as well as the other women who would have an abortion this day and end the life of their innocent unborn. My heart especially ached for this Vietnam veteran and his young daughter.

ONE MONTH LATER

A Person Is A Person No Matter How Small!

Our doorbell rang. I was home and inside my home office finishing up a newsletter on my computer. My wife answered the door. From my office window I recognized the young girl whose boyfriend lived next door to us. I could barely hear her soft voice. "Can I speak to your husband?" I heard her ask Jeanette. "My boyfriend lives next door." Jeanette invited her in and I came into the front room. "Hi," she shyly greeted me. "I think you know my father. You talked to him at the abortion clinic a few weeks ago."

Instantly I knew who she was, though I had never met her before. "Is your dad.......? (name left out on purpose). She nodded. I invited her into my office. As she sat down she began to cry. "I didn't want to do it...I was scared...My dad said it  would be OK...But it's not...I can't sleep...I can't eat...I have nightmares...Everywhere I go I break down and cry." She paused.

"Whenever I see a pregnant mom or a little baby,  I lose control...I think about killing myself...I'm sick all the time...I told my dad how I feel...He said it would go away...It hasn't and it won't...I don't know what to do." 

GOD'S LOVE IS GREATER THAN OUR GREATEST SIN

The Cross Of Jesus Christ Is Dysfunction Junction
To All Who Come To Jesus!

Let me tell you, this young girl shared a whole lot more than this. Without interrupting, I listened as this fragile and shattered young girl let it all out. Then I told her what I tell everyone: "It doesn't matter what you've done or where you've been. God forgives the greatest sin, if you ask Him to." Right then and there, this young girl asked God to forgive her for all her sins, including abortion, and accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior. I wish you could have been there to see the difference the cross of Jesus made in her life as she acknowledged that Jesus had died on the cross for her sins.

We talked for a long time. She came for counseling once a week for a season. And today she is doing great...all because of God's amazing grace to all who come to Jesus. truly, the cross of Jesus Christ is DYSFUNCTION JUNCTION! And just as true, God is the great healer of hearts, souls, minds and lives.

THE CROSS AND THE STREET EVANGELIST

Street Evangelist Tom Alexander praying at abortion mill

There is so much more to this story. Apparently the young girl's dad told her that "Even that man with the large cross was there on that day!" For the past month, whenever she came to visit her boyfriend and his family, she saw the cross because we lived next door to him and his family. I keep the large cross leaning on a rack atop the cab and inside the truck bed even when I am home for all who pass by to see.

The young girl kept seeing the cross until she couldn't take it any longer. She had to speak with me. She quickly found out that the cross of Jesus Christ is God's Plus Sign! There isn't anything negative about the cross of Calvary. That day when this young girl rang our doorbell, she experienced the greatest gift of all: forgiveness of personal sins simply by asking God to forgive her and inviting Jesus Christ the Savior of the world into her life.

Glory to the King! \O/