SEE THEIR STORY
Founding Director, Lori Driggs
Joel 2:25 says, ‘I’ll restore to you the years the locust have eaten.’
I remember as He spoke this to my heart, my heart was just leaping for joy that there might be restoration for my marriage…God had so much more for me than I could have ever imagined.
The abortion left an empty void within us that was only getting bigger with time. We were unaware of the effects that it had left on us, but we knew something was wrong. Life, to me, began to lose meaning and color, and I resorted to certain means, such as alcohol, to keep the darkness away.
With damaged hearts, we turned to God. And little by little, He restored our hearts, our minds, and our marriage.
God showed us unconditional and forgiving love, and showed us how to love again. He not only restored our marriage, He improved it.
I was young, felt unloved and unworthy. I was marked by abortion, adultery and divorce. I was angry at God for not protecting me.
I surrendered my anger. I nailed the labels of abortion, adultery and divorce to the cross and was given a new name:
Beloved Daughter
Forgiven and set free.
I was 19 when I found out I was pregnant with an unplanned pregnancy. I was in abusive relationship struggling to take care of myself and terrified to tell my parents the news. Abortion seemed like my only escape so I took the pill and the abortion was finalized in my bedroom. After 2 ½ years of focused healing, I was able to fully forgive myself. Now home has become a place of forgiveness and acceptance of myself instead of a place where self-hatred reigns.
Our abortion was to be the solution to our immediate problem - an unexpected pregnancy. Instead it was the underlying divisiveness of our marriage and our walk with Christ.
“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy...”
Through OUR abortion healing we were redeemed in Christ; our marriage was reconciled and our God given purpose was made clear.
“I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.” John 10:10
After each life I took, the world around me darkened and I turned my back to those who loved me. The loneliness and scar tissue in my heart was crippling. The weeds and brush choking the life out of me as I wandered in the wilderness.
As I reconciled with my unborn children my heart opened to the grace and mercy of God. I am free to walk in light, love and freedom; no longer under the weight of a burden I was not designed to withstand. Jesus took it for me.