Wmarat,
Being the parent of a daughter who got pregnant in her senior year of high school after being told that she should wait til she got married and had finished school and done everything that she wanted to do before settling down, I realized that it was her life. I am a firm believer that she could have taken another route, but she has been blessed to have a supportive family and church community who don't judge her based on what has happened in her life because Jesus forgives all sin and so we must do the same. I didn't judge her and throw her out and call her names or any of those things because she is my flesh and blood and I love her. Many of the girls who will be a part of this home will learn to love themselves and their child, they will be built up and given confidence and self-esteem, they will be taught christian values, how to love their bodies and not give them away to some jerk who says that he loves them. Many of the girls that I have already mentioned this to have family members or they themselves wish there had been a program like this for them when they got pregnant. They were all put out or beaten nearly to death by boyfriends and their families turned their backs on them. Is this what our society is supposed to be about? I don't think so. We must show them love and concern so that they don't turn it inward or on their child or leash their hopelessness and rage onto a world that is not prepared to deal with the consequences. So, everyone can have their own opinion about teen pregnancy, but one day it will happen to someone you know, will you judge them and let them down because of what you believe? Just asking...
Fish, thanks for the support...
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I can and will be a part of the 700 club this year, because I can do all things through Christ.
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