Saving Babies, Saving Mothers

At John Piper's Desiring God blog, they pointed out yesterday that Saving the Baby Can Save the Mother

When we help a young, unmarried mother in the midst of a pregnancy crisis save her baby, by God’s grace, the baby can save the mother.

* The baby saves the mother out of a sinful sexual habit that was hollowing out her soul and self-esteem.
* The baby saves her out of the entangling lies and stalking anxiety that attends premarital sex.
* The baby saves her from blood-guilt.
* The baby saves her out of a mechanized Christian walk and into a shaken-down and overflowing experience of biblical mercy.
* The baby saves her out of a shallow, undirected faith and drives her to trust God for the forgiveness of her sins and for her daily bread.

And all this can be true for young fathers, too.

When pregnancy is a crisis, it is a crisis of faith. When we are there to encourage faith by honoring life, it is amazing how often it turns out that Christ is formed in them.

God bless all of you who work at Crises Pregnancy Centers, do sidewalk counselling or other pro-life ministry.