Can A Blob Of Pregnancy Tissue Be Blessed? A Simple Prayer Saves a Life.

How often have we heard the famous line, "what's in a word?"  Since childhood I've heard this phrase.  Who would ever imagine that what's in a word, could be the difference between life and death.  Here's the story of a child saved by a different usage of words, which reflect the difference between the pro-life and pro-choice perspective - and how a life was saved as the result of a few words that struck deeply into the heart of a young scared mother on her way to have an abortion. 

A Life-Site article by Peter Baklinski, tells the beautiful story of a baby saved, after a man calls out God's blessing on a child, bound to be aborted.  Mareza Landeros was a young 19 yr. old girl; the article says she had not been to church since she was 7 years old. In spite of this, Mareza had retained the habit of nightly prayer, through which she was able to feel a "strong connection with God".

Then, when Mareza discovered she was pregnant, she and the father of her baby, sought the services of Affiliated Medical Services (AMS) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to schedule an abortion.

Mareza stated: "We didn't think anything of abortion. We were just getting rid of something that was a burden."  Mareza went on to explain that she was not a bad person, just"scared and uninformed".  And what was the most important piece of information Mareza needed to be informed about?  What "words" did she need to hear?

Mareza and her boyfriend had just pulled into the parking lot of AMS, when they were quite unexpectedly met by  "a big tall six-foot guy standing in front of the abortion clinic", who handed Mareza a pamphlet that said, "This is your baby growing."  Dan Miller and a small team of counselors from Pro-Life Wisconsin had been praying at the facility that day; attempting to intercede for the unborn children who would be aborted that day.

As Mareza and her boyfriend casually walked past the pro-life witnesses, and stood waiting at the door of the abortion facility, a loud voice cut across the air, calling out: "God bless you two!"  The mention of God's name struck a cord in Mareza's memory, prompting her to turn toward the speaker, in what she now looks upon as an inspired moment of grace, when the tall man shouted once more,  "No, God bless all three of you!"  

This statement, these words, "God bless all three of you", struck Mareza so deeply, as she pondered the idea, that she was carrying someone inside her who had just been blessed by God!

In contrast to this statement, once inside the facility a routine ultrasound was performed to determine the stage of pregnancy, after which, the ultrasound technician blithely informed Mareza, that she was 10 weeks along, and that they would remove the "pregnancy tissue" by the suction and cutelage method. She continued to tell Mareza that the procedure was quick and painless.  But Mareza wanted to know if the procedure would be painless for "her baby"?

The difference in words is so monumental in their meaning and effect, as the technician stood silent before the young mother, asking about how the abortion procedure would affect "her baby" whom a sidewalk counselor had just called down God's blessing upon.  Could a blob of pregnancy tissue be blessed by God?

Mareza walked out of the abortion clinic that day. Her boyfriend did not support her decision and soon afterward left Mareza and little Joseph, the name Mareza gave her little son.  She now attends the same church as Daniel, the tall 6ft. sidewalk counselor who called down God's blessing that day on her and her child.

The powerful words of  Daniel's simple prayer that day, "God bless all three of you", worked a miracle in the heart of a young woman, who as a result, realized that there was a person inside her - for only a person - not a blob of pregnancy tissue - can be blessed by God. One never knows what we say, and how our words can affect someone, especially when they are in the form of a prayer.