Pro-Lifer
Attacking Women
Saturday May 7th,
2011
"SIR,
PLEASE STOP SCREAMING HATE AT THOSE WOMEN, YOU’RE VERY
FRIGHTNING AND YOU ARE SCARING ME"..
On
a bright and beautiful morning one day before Mother's Day the
prayerful witness outside the abortion mill was soon pierced with
the frightening screams from the angry religious man. He was
decked out in his fake collar again hoping for a good audience
this day. We had just brought a save inside our ultrasound van to
show her a picture of her unborn baby when all hell broke loose on
the front sidewalk. The youth group and several leaders tried
to calmly ask the impostor pastor to stop being mean and to
stop condemning the women. “We
are here to save babies, not kill them,” one young girl
said. We brought the pregnant girl inside our van. She
was frightened by the screams and sat up. We assured her the man
would not come inside the van. It was a terrible witness to this
save.
Then something miraculous happened. A new prayer warrior
walked onto the abortion mill parking lot and came up to the angry
man with tears rolling down her cheeks. She said,
“Sir, this is my first time here praying. Please stop screaming hate
at those women. It's very frightening and you are scaring me.” John
B just ignored her and continued with his tirade as others
pleaded, “Love
them John, love them.” Their pleas went unanswered as
usual. He then walked back over to the alley to join the
other troublemakers who encourage this demonic spectacle outside
the abortion mill.
We were finishing the ultrasound and going over resources
and physician follow up, when some of the kids from the youth
group felt the Holy Spirit telling them to confront this angry man
with the damage he is doing outside the abortion mill. We came
outside and shared the good news with some of the prayer warriors
on the sidewalk eagerly waiting. Alleluia! 26 weeks baby girl! It was then that a few of the men from the
Christian prayer group joined us and commented on the
troublemakers and the screaming man. I distinguished our ministry
from the" scream team". One gentleman took his hat off,
shook my hand, and introduced himself. He said, “I
have read about you and your wonderful ministry and
now I finally moved here from New Jersey and I am honored
to meet a real hero".. he said, “Not
me, it's God. He just uses me. ”I
answered. Another
prayer warrior came forward and said, “We know who’s doing the work, and now we realize what you’re
battling down here on the sidewalks. Those people are horrible.
They are terrorizing those women.” “I know, but they think
they are doing the Lord’s work.” I quoted a scripture,
“For
such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen masquerading as
apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades
as an angel of light.” 2
Corinthians 11:13-14
I explained how many women have come out and former
employees have told us that the angry screaming man is a running
joke inside the mill. He just gets the abortion- minded inside
faster. You don't need deathscorts with him screaming. At about
that time several teens from the youth group walked back from the
alleyway with these expressions on their faces of disbelief and
shaking their heads. Jordan
and Brigette shared their confrontation with the troublemakers. “We
tried conveying to the man that he was doing more harm by
screaming and making the women feel bad.”
The troublemakers Donna Westenberger, Peggy Dresden, and John
Baliff replied, “We’re here to make the women feel bad and shame them with their
sin.”
Jordan
responded, "You should be here to help the pregnant girls and love them
like the Michaels do. How many babies have you saved?”
“Uh...uh…” Peggy answered. “Well, we know we have.”
Jordan
said, “Small Victories
has been here for many years and they have saved
thousands of babies,” Brigette spoke up. “You are scaring the women and you are scaring me.”
Jordan
said that they took their Bible, pointed to scripture, and twisted
it to justify their actions. They took things out of context. We
answered, “Osama,
Hitler, Westboro Baptist..there are a lot of radicals that their
ends justify their means.” “It's stupid,”
Jordan
said. "We see the fruits in your
ministry."
The leader of the men's prayer group then spoke up and
said, “We want to support you. We need
to have a banquet for you and help your ministry to continue
the good work you are doing outside this abortion mill.”
The screaming man started up again; he was attacking a woman who
brought someone for an abortion. We calmly called over to her and
said, “Those
without sin cast the first stone.” She looked over, and
we proceeded to explain, “Those people in the alley are
here to argue and make women angry. They do the work of the
devil.” “I'm not killing my baby,” she responded. “We
know you brought someone, but please, these troublemakers feed off
your energy. Don't give it to them. They want to make you argue
with them. Just ignore their taunts. If anything, go inside
and tell your friend that there is free help and another option
outside in our ultrasound van. We care about her."
She finished her cigarette and thanked us as she went back inside.
The men's prayer group then asked, “Why
don’t their pastors stand with them?” We told
them, “Most
of them have been kicked out of their churches, lost their
churches, or don't even go to church. They
are rebels and every pastor that stands with our
ministry has rebuked them for their demonic actions.” “Now
we understand what you have to go through to save babies. We
really appreciate you Angela.” Jordan and Brigette both
chimed in with, “We're
glad you are here too.” “Just
think of how many more babies would be killed if you were not
here,”
Jordan
said.
"Mary,"
the lady who confronted the angry screaming man earlier, finished
her prayers and came over to thank us and look at the pictures of
our babies we have saved and adopted. “They
are beautiful," she said. “You
should show them to that angry man.” “He hates babies, Mary.
He is angry and bitter. That is why he will not take
correction. That is why they are here. If Jesus Christ came back
today and told them they were wrong in their treatment of pregnant
women they would call Him a liar. Jesus would never confront
the adulteress at the well in anger or by screaming hate at her.
Jesus loved on her and brought her to true repentance by
winning her with LOVE. Remember, the fruit of the spirit is:
“Love,
joy, peace. patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
gentleness, and self-control.” Gal 5:22-23
"It's God's
job to judge, the Holy Spirit's job to convict, and our job to
love" -Rev.Billy Graham
Be encouraged ~Angela
