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Please,
Come and Receive God's unconditional Forgiveness!

For those of us who have had an abortion, we come to realize that we cannot make up for this life-changing choice. One of our Project Rachel women told the group that when her church would host a baby shower, she would buy 8-10 baby outfits which she could not financially afford to do. She came to the realization that she was trying to buy God off and that was impossible to do because He did not want that.

God gently encourages us to realize that hope and healing come when we acknowledge that we have broken our relationship with him - something we may have denied or not understood for years. Eventually, we come to realize that we need to experience his forgiveness.

Rest assured that God does not wait for us to say we are sorry before he extends forgiveness. It has been freely given by Jesus on the Cross to everyone. "Forgive them for they know not what they do." His forgiveness flows constantly.

The only hitch is that we have to open our hearts to receive it!! No begging, no pleading but just a humble heart that chooses to recognize what we have done, and accepts his unconditional forgiveness. What a life-changing choice this will be!

The following quotes are from Catholic Update, April 2003, 'Forgiveness in our Church Today' - with their kind permission.

"Forgiveness is an act of the will, a decision. It does not depend on anyone or anything else. It is my decision to lay aside the burden of hurt and pain."

"One of the first steps in the journey toward forgiveness is acknowledging our pain, realizing that forgiveness is a process that takes time."

(It is not instant. One of our PR women said that she finally realized how healed she was when she attended a pro-life meeting. She found that she could look at the literature on abortion without the same feelings of guilt and shame that had haunted her for years.)

Another step is reframing the picture. " Reframing refers to the process of seeing the situation, the one committing the offense, and/or ourselves in a new or different way so that we have a better context in which to make the decision to forgive."

(Our Project Rachel support group offers you a safe place in which to see yourself in a different light - loved unconditionally by God and your baby.)

Another step is seeing through God's eyes. "My faith helps me realize that both the offender and I are children of the same Divine Parent. I believe that we are both loved. I believe God can see good in the offender even if I cannot."

(even if the offender is me!)

"My bitterness will turn into peace. You save my life from all danger; You forgive all my sins." (Isaiah 38: 17)

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