Letter from Linda Gibbons – Pro – Life Prisoner
March 2, 2009
“ Hope is... Faith holding out its hand in the dark” George Iles
Considering the Bible says we should be ready to give a reason for the hope that is within us, I wanted to share some thoughts on the hope our pro-life mission embodies while we are in the front of the abortuaries.
Pope Benedict in his Encyclical on Christian hope wrote, “From the hope of these people who have been touched by Christ, hope has risen for others who were living in darkness and without hope.”
We too, come in faith and in hope that those who have allowed themselves to be made prisoners of a death culture might be set free. (“Abortion represents the absence of freedom and the presence of bondage in an absolute sense.”)
It is not persuasive words that free these despairing mothers, rather our concerned presence with them gives them cause to hope. In us they might encounter Gods providence moving towards them, offering them relief from abandoned hope.
They can exchange the “ashen apples” of procured abortion for hope that is stronger than death.
We also acknowledge the hand of providence that places us there. When God is at work it is little to do with our efforts and everything to do with fulfilling his purposes and plans. His testimony of life is the bedrock for solid hope.
Our allegiance to life is unequivocal and we don’t allow pervasiveness of the present tyranny against unborn life to deter us or cause to relinquish our hope.
Pope Benedict warns, “If we cannot hope for more than is effectively attainable at any given time our lives will soon be without hope.”
In this paradox of becoming as the Bible describes, “prisoners of hope” we divest ourselves of liberty that the unborn’s intrinsic liberty might be made manifest. To not accept any liberty which the unborn cannot have is to insist on their equal rights before the law.
To be authentically human is to take up our civic responsibility to restore cohesion in the human family and build up the foundation of justice for the next generation so that they are free to be born and have their rightful inheritance of love. Our hope bears all trials and impositions’ looking to the future in faith, believing something worthwhile is being accomplished.
One wrote, “the best use of life is to spend it for something that outlasts it” We have a charge to keep to the next generation.
As the bird sensing the dawn commences to sing; while it’s yet dark our hope resonates with a lasting love that will be felt in generations to come.
Wishing you a most blessed and holy Easter.
Love in Christ the King,
Linda
Monday, May 31, 2010
Monday, May 17, 2010
Pro-Life Martyr in our Midst
In 2008, we learned about a Pro-life grandmother, Linda Gibbons, who is imprisoned for taking a stand outside an abortion clinic. There is a court order that prohibits any pro-life activity within 60 feet of this clinic.
You can learn more about her here: http://www.lifesitenews.com/gibbons/When we learned she was to spend Christmas in custody, we as a family decided to reach out to her, we sent her a simple Christmas greeting card to assure her of our prayers and encourage her in this mission of speaking for the unborn.
This was her response:
December 22, 2008
Now thanks be unto God, which always causes us to triumph in Christ...II Corinthians 2:14
Greetings in the Princes of Life, Pray this finds you well and rejoicing in al He is this Holy season.
Thank you for the lovely card of Mother + Child, quite lovely. It was so kind of you to remember me at this busy time of year and thanks too for your loyal prayers.
What glad news you bring me about 441 babies saved because of the 40 days of fasting and prayer project! What fasting! What prayers!
It was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Who said, “Injustice must be rooted out by strong persistent and determined action.”
Our ex-Prime Minister, Mr. Chretien said Canada is at peace with abortion. There can be no peace where there is no justice. Till we return protection to innocent life in the womb, O Canada, the bell tolls for thee!
My mail which I am calling “The Canadian Response” speaks of better things – a country that stands on guard for each and every child.
So Fight the Good Fight!
All God’s Blessings and supply in 2009!
Love in the Christ Child,
Linda
You can learn more about her here: http://www.lifesitenews.com/gibbons/When we learned she was to spend Christmas in custody, we as a family decided to reach out to her, we sent her a simple Christmas greeting card to assure her of our prayers and encourage her in this mission of speaking for the unborn.
This was her response:
December 22, 2008
Now thanks be unto God, which always causes us to triumph in Christ...II Corinthians 2:14
Greetings in the Princes of Life, Pray this finds you well and rejoicing in al He is this Holy season.
Thank you for the lovely card of Mother + Child, quite lovely. It was so kind of you to remember me at this busy time of year and thanks too for your loyal prayers.
What glad news you bring me about 441 babies saved because of the 40 days of fasting and prayer project! What fasting! What prayers!
It was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Who said, “Injustice must be rooted out by strong persistent and determined action.”
Our ex-Prime Minister, Mr. Chretien said Canada is at peace with abortion. There can be no peace where there is no justice. Till we return protection to innocent life in the womb, O Canada, the bell tolls for thee!
My mail which I am calling “The Canadian Response” speaks of better things – a country that stands on guard for each and every child.
So Fight the Good Fight!
All God’s Blessings and supply in 2009!
Love in the Christ Child,
Linda
Monday, May 3, 2010
We're on God's Time
Recently we experienced a death in the family. It’s interesting how God uses times like these to remind us that we are on His time and not ours.
You see we received a phone call early one Saturday morning that our family member was in the hospital and not doing so well. Being a Saturday, we had so many errands to run, the thought crossed our mind that we should forego the regular busy Saturday morning routine and rush to be there for our family, yet somehow we paid more attention to the idea that there would be time to run the errands and then be there for our family.
So we attempted to do just that. Assuming that the day would unfold as we had planned, with the time we believed we had.
It is only by the grace of God that we fit in a prayer for our dying loved one and the family in the midst of our errands. The Lord knew those prayers were very much-needed because we were on His time and not ours.
That still small voice that nudged us to drop everything to be there physically, the one we so easily ignored, was the one we first recalled when events unfolded more quickly than we’d anticipated.
Why are we surprised when days don’t unfold the way we had planned? Why do we hang on to this notion that we have some control over how much time we have to get things done?
Isn’t that exactly what the devil needs from us? That we’d live our lives believing we have plenty of time…
Thank you Lord, for reminding me and my family that we are on your time! Help us to be more attentive to your still, small voice. Help us to live a life that is well-balanced between the sense of urgency required to respond effectively to your call and the sense of peace that comes with knowing that you are in control.
You see we received a phone call early one Saturday morning that our family member was in the hospital and not doing so well. Being a Saturday, we had so many errands to run, the thought crossed our mind that we should forego the regular busy Saturday morning routine and rush to be there for our family, yet somehow we paid more attention to the idea that there would be time to run the errands and then be there for our family.
So we attempted to do just that. Assuming that the day would unfold as we had planned, with the time we believed we had.
It is only by the grace of God that we fit in a prayer for our dying loved one and the family in the midst of our errands. The Lord knew those prayers were very much-needed because we were on His time and not ours.
That still small voice that nudged us to drop everything to be there physically, the one we so easily ignored, was the one we first recalled when events unfolded more quickly than we’d anticipated.
Why are we surprised when days don’t unfold the way we had planned? Why do we hang on to this notion that we have some control over how much time we have to get things done?
Isn’t that exactly what the devil needs from us? That we’d live our lives believing we have plenty of time…
Thank you Lord, for reminding me and my family that we are on your time! Help us to be more attentive to your still, small voice. Help us to live a life that is well-balanced between the sense of urgency required to respond effectively to your call and the sense of peace that comes with knowing that you are in control.
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