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Friday, November 9, 2007
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Spirit of Planned Parenthood Shows It's Face
A report from Wednesday morning from a vigil participant:
While we were there this morning, this young man (pictured left) came out of Planned Parenthood with two of his buddies (unusual for 3 young men to be there together), and he began to taunt us, daring us to step over the property line while he stood close to the building. We had no intention of doing so and we didn't. I told him that we are law abiding citizens, all the while he continued shouting out, and began swearing. The group there continued praying aloud. I asked if he could watch his language due to the children present. Thankfully, my daughter had just decided to get out of the cold and step into our car (perhaps her guardian angel urged her).
The young man became even more hostile, more obscene, and uttered all kinds of graphically fowl nonsense, decribing acts of child
rape, and blasphemed God while we continued to pray. I stopped trying to engage him before he got to this point. I believe he was posessed, and I don't use that term lightly. He even proclaimed that he worships Satan! The other two buddies (pictured here) stood there all the while, silent, but "looking tough". The Satan worshiper was making cell phone calls, and we believed he was calling more of his friends to come and join him. They eventually all went back into the building.
Shortly afterwards, the same woman that drives by daily, just to heckle us, came by to do it again. She often tells mothers with children that we should be "ashamed" of ourselves for having our children out there in the cold. (Our children think what is going on in that clinic is cruel, and some of them beg us to go there to pray for the babies and for their mothers.) She went inside this time for just a minute or two, and then came out again, doing the same thing. We continued praying.
A couple of questions and observations come to mind about the young man.
This guy was standing only two feet from Planned Parenthood's building, even near a window and was shouting his obscenities loud enough that surely the employees inside would have heard. Why did they not come out to urge him stop? Why didn't they "distance" themselves from him? Was he their representative for the day? No orange shirt? His friend had some kind of name tag on, and they were all there for quite a while.
A pretty young girl came out and passed them by and said something like, "You eggin' on the protesters?" and grinned. She went out to the parking lot and smoked a cigarette and went back in, after giving a scoffing look when she heard the words of our prayers, "Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death." An employee or a client, I'm not sure.
It seems there are two types of people entering the building. The scared and confused (but otherwise well meaning people) and the diabolical, hard core pro-abortion zealots, whose god is Satan, and who express the spirit of Planned Parenthood. Today we got a rare look at what that spirit is like.
While we were there this morning, this young man (pictured left) came out of Planned Parenthood with two of his buddies (unusual for 3 young men to be there together), and he began to taunt us, daring us to step over the property line while he stood close to the building. We had no intention of doing so and we didn't. I told him that we are law abiding citizens, all the while he continued shouting out, and began swearing. The group there continued praying aloud. I asked if he could watch his language due to the children present. Thankfully, my daughter had just decided to get out of the cold and step into our car (perhaps her guardian angel urged her).The young man became even more hostile, more obscene, and uttered all kinds of graphically fowl nonsense, decribing acts of child
rape, and blasphemed God while we continued to pray. I stopped trying to engage him before he got to this point. I believe he was posessed, and I don't use that term lightly. He even proclaimed that he worships Satan! The other two buddies (pictured here) stood there all the while, silent, but "looking tough". The Satan worshiper was making cell phone calls, and we believed he was calling more of his friends to come and join him. They eventually all went back into the building.Shortly afterwards, the same woman that drives by daily, just to heckle us, came by to do it again. She often tells mothers with children that we should be "ashamed" of ourselves for having our children out there in the cold. (Our children think what is going on in that clinic is cruel, and some of them beg us to go there to pray for the babies and for their mothers.) She went inside this time for just a minute or two, and then came out again, doing the same thing. We continued praying.
A couple of questions and observations come to mind about the young man.
This guy was standing only two feet from Planned Parenthood's building, even near a window and was shouting his obscenities loud enough that surely the employees inside would have heard. Why did they not come out to urge him stop? Why didn't they "distance" themselves from him? Was he their representative for the day? No orange shirt? His friend had some kind of name tag on, and they were all there for quite a while.
A pretty young girl came out and passed them by and said something like, "You eggin' on the protesters?" and grinned. She went out to the parking lot and smoked a cigarette and went back in, after giving a scoffing look when she heard the words of our prayers, "Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death." An employee or a client, I'm not sure.
It seems there are two types of people entering the building. The scared and confused (but otherwise well meaning people) and the diabolical, hard core pro-abortion zealots, whose god is Satan, and who express the spirit of Planned Parenthood. Today we got a rare look at what that spirit is like.
Sunday, September 30, 2007
"Could you not watch one hour with me?"
Did you know that in 2005, in Snohomish County alone, 2,668 children were killed by abortion? That’s enough children to fill 5 public elementary schools. We don’t know the exact break down, but by all indications, the majority of these abortions occurred right here in Everett, at the local Planned Parenthood. And this happens EVERY year. Most people don’t even realize that it’s happening.
If our society is callous enough to disregard vulnerable innocent children in the name of “freedom”, what does this translate into when it comes to how we treat each other? If Christians are too busy to be there for pregnant women who are hurting or confused, to whom will these women turn? Our nation, our state, and our city are in need of a transformation. Christians are in need of a re-awakening.
We have hope that God will bring about this transformation, for He has promised us: “If the people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray, and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.” (2 Chronicles 7:14)
That promise is what the 40 Days for Life campaign is all about. Thousands of Christians throughout America will be uniting across 89 cities, in a spirit of repentance, to seek God’s face, to devote ourselves to prayer and fasting, holding a 40 day, peaceful vigil outside of local abortion facilities, and doing community outreach.
Throughout history, God has used the period of 40 days to bring about major transformation. We don’t know what God has in store for Everett and for America through the 40 days of our campaign, but we sure are excited to find out!
What about you? Will you stand with us as we “stand up for those who cannot speak for themselves”?
Lord, when did we see thee hungry and feed thee, or thirsty and give thee drink? And when did we see thee a stranger and welcome thee, or naked and clothe thee? And when did we see thee sick or in prison and visit thee? And the King will answer them, “Truly, I say to you, as you did it to the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.” (Matthew 25:40)
If Christ is in the least of these, if he is anywhere in our community, he is at that clinic. Will you take one hour a week…to come and pray there?
Sign up here.
If our society is callous enough to disregard vulnerable innocent children in the name of “freedom”, what does this translate into when it comes to how we treat each other? If Christians are too busy to be there for pregnant women who are hurting or confused, to whom will these women turn? Our nation, our state, and our city are in need of a transformation. Christians are in need of a re-awakening.
We have hope that God will bring about this transformation, for He has promised us: “If the people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray, and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.” (2 Chronicles 7:14)
That promise is what the 40 Days for Life campaign is all about. Thousands of Christians throughout America will be uniting across 89 cities, in a spirit of repentance, to seek God’s face, to devote ourselves to prayer and fasting, holding a 40 day, peaceful vigil outside of local abortion facilities, and doing community outreach.
Throughout history, God has used the period of 40 days to bring about major transformation. We don’t know what God has in store for Everett and for America through the 40 days of our campaign, but we sure are excited to find out!
What about you? Will you stand with us as we “stand up for those who cannot speak for themselves”?
Lord, when did we see thee hungry and feed thee, or thirsty and give thee drink? And when did we see thee a stranger and welcome thee, or naked and clothe thee? And when did we see thee sick or in prison and visit thee? And the King will answer them, “Truly, I say to you, as you did it to the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.” (Matthew 25:40)
If Christ is in the least of these, if he is anywhere in our community, he is at that clinic. Will you take one hour a week…to come and pray there?
Sign up here.
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