i would stand in my Sunday leotards after church on a curb with my pastor-father and mum and my brother and sisters and we'd hold signs that declared truth in magic marker letters, and then we'd go for day-old donuts, until the next year, when we'd do it all over again. and that's all i knew about abortion. that the people who did it were evil and that holding these signs made us better somehow. good enough, anyway, to warrant day-old donuts.
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20 comments:
This is an issue so much bigger than magic marker truths.
Thank You E.
I have found this to be true more and more in my life as I grow older...LOVING God and others is all that really matters! The Bible tells us to love each other earnestly...I love that.
on my way over...hope you are well emily...hello to everyone else...
I used to not understand why people couldn't just do the "right" thing. Now I see how much I've hidden from my own ache and need. Thankfully it has caught up with me and I am learning the ways of grace.
Emily, you seem to have such a heart for the outcasts of the world. That's a Jesus kind of heart, and I love that about you.
Love the painting. :)
Just returned. Beautiful, Emily. As I said over there, Love is better spelled with arms open wide than in magic marker signs, I think.
your heart is full of broken people, dear emily. i love this about you. you find mosaics in the broken, and speak louder than picketing signs ever could.
this sank into my soul. i'm adopted because life was chosen for me. this is louder than a magic marker.
this is beautiful food for thought.
This one was extra-powerful, Emily. Thank you!
Powerful read...I used to volunteer at a Crisis Pregnancy Center, and since I am called to counsel, that was a better fit than a picket line...yet I do have close friends that do both...they don't judge those coming into the clinic as some might, but gently lead and instruct...I agree with all that the magic marker signs aren't filled with the love of Christ necessarily, but at least one set of hands that have held such signs also led many women into the deep healing of Christ in her classes to help heal those who had had abortions. Just wanted to share - and also again say that I agree totally that it is better to see the heart in need of healing rather than a "doer of evil". Bravo, Emily
thank you for your honesty and truth.
I think you are my soul sister. Thank you for calling us to compassion and for being so honest.
I am going to share this post with a friend who has been through some rough times because of choices she made a long time ago. When she reads it, I think it will make her feel like you just gave her a hug :)
Ohhhh.... I grew up with thinking that this abortion was ok. But have encountered the brokenness it leaves behind. Compassion is surely needed to those who struggle with choices long ago and facing them now.
Hi there, was led here once more by a post on Brian's blog.
Thanks for the prompt. I'm so glad you saw through the fog of clogged up thinking and began to see things as they truly are meant to be seen. No God-light I hold within is vengeful, or hates or encourages others to kill or hate in their name.
Thanks for the promt, and I agree with your views. God is one thing alone, and that is love and if a woman/girl was raped and abused would never ask for her to bear even more shame than to carry a child born from such hatred.
I think organised religion lost the plot as soon as it became 'organised'
hey Emily...maybe im confused? are we supposed to write on the same topic that you do, or just any post or poem that we feel is somehow broken, or imperfect, as you say?
read the story and left a comment over there. i totally get that we should have arms wide open just as Jesus did, stretched wide on the cross, one side of beam to the other. im with you, sister.
blessings in His grace,
Nacole
Yay! I think I figured it out :) Linking up with you with one of my poems.... Bethany
Your words rang encouragement: "God gave me this gift. I shouldn't be insecure or uncertain about it. I shouldn't compare my work to others because we are all different and art would be pretty boring if it all looked the same."
Thank you Becky for sharing your art and your words.
Thanks Emily for hosting Becky.
Hope you don't mind, I shared this on my blog...just so much honesty in your post & the comments of others.
Thanks again for writing about this.
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