Laying the Ground Work for the Unseen Soul-Part 2

In part one of this article, I set the stage for this topic and shared with you some information about biases. In part two of Laying the Ground Work for the Unseen Soul, I would like to take you back to the banquet that I briefly mentioned in part one.

The tables were decorated with a variety of pastel colored linen napkins. The centerpieces were comprised of matching, mini balloons. We enjoyed a delicious dinner then listened to a beautiful song performed by a young lady. Scott Manganella, director of the Precious Life outreach addressed those in attendance and introduced Rebecca Kiessling, who would be speaking this evening. As she began to give us some of the details of her early life, I was sure that this was going to be just another ordinary speech, but the more she spoke the more intrigued I became. I had to stretch and strain my neck to see around the 3ft. wide beam that blocked this speaker from my view. She told us how she grew up in a home where she most often felt out of place. You see, Rebecca was adopted. She eagerly awaited her 18th birthday. At that time she would finally obtain the records that held the key to what she thought could set her free and give her a new identity. A day when she could finally come to know her birth mother. Then she would have a sense of worth and belonging. Rebecca was already aspiring to become a lawyer. Maybe then she would be counted a success in the eyes of her classmates in college. How do we as a society measure success? Where do we find our sense of worth?

The world’s measuring stick is all wrong. The world is not equipped to judge who is of worth and who isn’t. The world’s standards are marred, they are just plain “wrong”. Rebecca was about to find out just “how” wrong. The caseworker who held this vital information was quite hesitant to share the details surrounding the birth details with Rebecca, but why? Rebecca’s hopes were dashed as she received the description of her birth mother, the time and place and a vague outline of her father, who was only described as a male Caucasian. It was a moment she vivdly describes, as she struggled to comprehend the crushing news and awful truth that she was conceived as a result of a rape, but not just rape. Her biological father was a serial rapist. Rebecca decided at this point to refrain from ever having children of her own. Her sense of worth as a human being had now been ripped to shreds.

Despite this crushing news, Rebecca decided to follow through with her plans to begin to establish a relationship with her birth mother. It was an exciting time to finally meet each other but yet again, Rebecca’s heart received another blow. When she asked her mother if she would have followed through with the pregnancy had abortion been legal at that time, she was devastated to hear the news that her mother would’ve aborted her had it been legal. Rebecca decided to nurture the relationship with her mother and in later years her birth mother did change her mind about abortion.

Rebecca eventually came to know the love of Jesus Christ. No longer did she have to look and seek for her worth in others or in even in her own measure of success. Her longing to know who she really was had now been satisfied and answered through her relationship with Jesus. For ALL have sinned and have fallen short of the glory of God. ALL of US! Will we ever consider that abortion should be banned in all case, EXCEPT in rape cases? These babies are guilty of no crime. These children CAN and DO grow up to be used as mighty arrows for the Lord. Can that be why the darkness wants to quiet and silence them? Can you look into the eyes of one who has been conceived through rape and tell them that in those cases, abortion should be legal? Can you look into Rebecca’s eyes and make that statement to her?

I left the banquet with a fresh and renewed vision for the pro-life stand that I continue to take. A new respect for life that all around me, a life that a segment of our society claims to be worthless and disposable. Rebecca Kiessling is a LIVING example of how wrong the pro-death movement is. She is a LIVING example of what God can do in our lives. Rebecca and her husband have adopted children and have gone on to have children of their own. I’ve no doubt that she and her husband love them all DEEPLY. She is a lawyer practicing family law and is given many opportunities to minister to young, pregnant mothers who find themselves in a position like Rebecca’s own birth mother.

Rebecca closed this moving speech with these words found in God’s Word as it applies to the unborn child;

Psalm 140

O Lord, rescue me from evil people.
Protect me from those who are violent,
those who plot evil in their hearts
and stir up trouble all day long.
Their tongues sting like a snake;
the venom of a viper drips from their lips.

O Lord, keep me out of the hands of the wicked.
Protect me from those who are violent,
for they are plotting against me.
The proud have set a trap to catch me;
they have stretched out a net;
they have placed traps all along the way.
I said to the Lord, “You are my God!”
Listen, O Lord, to my cries for mercy!
O Sovereign Lord, the strong one who rescued me,
you protected me on the day of battle.
Lord, do not let evil people have their way.
Do not let their evil schemes succeed,
or they will become proud.
Let my enemies be destroyed
by the very evil they have planned for me.
Let burning coals fall down on their heads.
Let them be thrown into the fire
or into watery pits from which they can’t escape.
Don’t let liars prosper here in our land.
Cause great disasters to fall on the violent.

But I know the Lord will help those they persecute;
he will give justice to the poor.
Surely righteous people are praising your name;
the godly will live in your presence.

AMEN……………..

In His Love,

The sound and system for this event was provided by Daylightsound and Studios

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