Reimagining Pro-Life: 30 Days With Save the StorksVoorbeeld

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The Christian life is a great series of transformations. When God lavishes His redeeming love on us, we become His children. As His children, we seek to share our newfound freedom with others. Once we know the power of God’s love to provide healing and hope, we cannot help but bring others to the Living Well that is Jesus Christ! Our Father sets us on a transformative adventure, growing us closer to Him and giving us opportunities to bring others close to Him! Where the abortion-minded are concerned, there are a variety of ways that Christians can bring them much-needed spiritual/physical/emotional water. 

Surely, some of the earliest members at Save the Storks had to be quite adventurous when they began their journey. They had a vision to save lives through the use of mobile medical units that would provide women with access to free ultrasounds. What would they call these units? How about — Stork Buses. They imagined these units would be owned and operated by local pregnancy clinics, those who best know the needs of women who are navigating an unplanned pregnancy in their communities. Can you believe this dream began in a renovated van? Their story might just encourage you to adventure where God leads you — no matter how crazy it might seem. Check out this video of a Save the Storks return to the Bronx, where it all started! 

It’s no small secret that people are more likely to receive the Good News as “good news” when its messengers seek to provide for their physical and emotional needs alongside their spiritual ones. Today’s verse describes God’s love as “lavish.” It’s generous to the point of being considered excessive. And that’s what Stork Buses are! An over-the-top, beautiful, safe, loving blessing to women who are in desperate need of a glimpse of the life growing within them. 

In order to increasingly encourage and provide for abortion-vulnerable women and their unborn child, the pro-life movement needs to be continually reimagined and regularly innovated. It’s got to be readily transformed by its already-transformed members. Think about your own life. If you are in Christ, you have experienced God’s love enough to pour that love out onto others. As you continue to spend time in His presence, contemplating His glory, you are being transformed into His image (2 Corinthians 3:18). Plus, though your identity is firmly rooted in Christ, your life branches and blossoms in utterly unique ways! To promote the reimagination of the pro-life movement, we must all cultivate a spirit of innovation in order to impact the current culture of abortion and save the lives of the unborn.

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In what ways can you use the story and particular gifts that you have received from God to further flavor the pro-life movement? It’s time to get thinking. Jot down the ways that you can be a transformative member of the new pro-life movement. God wants to use you — your story, your gifts, your ideas — to transform the lives of women and children, fathers and families, everywhere.