Marguerite Annie Johnson
"When I was 16, a boy in high school evinced interest in me, so I had sex with him — just once. And after I came out of that room, I thought, Is that all there is to it? My goodness, I’ll never do that again! Then, when I found out I was pregnant, I went to the boy and asked him for help, but he said it wasn’t his baby and he didn’t want any part of it.
I was scared to pieces. Back then, if you had money, there were some girls who got abortions, but I couldn’t deal with that idea. Oh, no. No. I knew there was somebody inside me. So I decided to keep the baby.
My older brother, Bailey, my confidant, told me not to tell my mother or she’d take me out of school. So I hid it the whole time with big blouses! Finally, three weeks before I was due, I left a note on my stepfather’s pillow telling him I was pregnant. He told my mother, and when she came home, she calmly asked me to run her bath.
I’ll never forget what she said: “Now tell me this — do you love the boy?” I said no. “Does he love you?” I said no. “Then there’s no point in ruining three lives. We are going to have our baby!”
What a knockout she was as a mother of teens. Very loving. Very accepting. Not one minute of recrimination. And I never felt any shame.
I’m telling you that the best decision I ever made was keeping that baby! Yes, absolutely. Guy was a delight from the start — so good, so bright, and I can’t imagine my life without him.
At 17 I got a job as a cook and later as a nightclub waitress. I found a room with cooking privileges, because I was a woman with a baby and needed my own place. My mother, who had a 14-room house, looked at me as if I was crazy! She said, “Remember this: You can always come home.” She kept that door open. And every time life kicked me in the belly, I would go home for a few weeks.
I struggled, sure. We lived hand-to-mouth, but it was really heart-to-hand. Guy had love an
d laughter and a lot of good reading and poetry as a child. Having my son brought out the best in me and enlarged my life. Whatever he missed, he himself is a great father today.
He was once asked what it was like growing up in Maya Angelou’s shadow, and he said, “I always thought I was in her light.”
Years later, when I was married, I wanted to have more children, but I couldn’t conceive. Isn’t it wonderful that I had a child at 16? Praise God!”
Maya Angelou, born Marguerite Annie Johnson
People are wondering, in the newspapers, if there will be a backlash to the Freedom from Roe and Federally free from abortions. Did you see riots? Houses burning. No.
Proverbs 16:7
When a man’s ways please the LORD, he makes even his enemies to be
at peace with him.
Again:
People are wondering, in the newspapers, if there will be a backlash to the Freedom from Roe and Federally free from abortions. Did you see riots? Houses burning. No.
Do you remember the 2010 BP Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill? Suddenly! The Oil evaporated. Let your ears hear. Let your eyes see. Let Your Heart REJOICE! Hear the Peace. See the Peace. Acknowledge in your hoping soul, there is Hope. Here is Faith. There is LOVE!
Again:
Today, the Supreme Court acknowledges Prayer for a Football Coach. The Freedom of Speech.
Acknowledge in your hoping soul, there is Hope. Here is Faith. There is LOVE!
We have so many people who are hurt by abortion. God is Love. Realize Peter, who made so many mistakes, was given the keys to Heaven. And Revelation tells us the 12 Gates are open to Heaven, always open. Come to the Lord, the Disciple John proclaims, "God is Love." God of mercy. God of encouragement. We ask God's love fills the hearts of the Nations and we feel and see more Heaven on earth. Jesus told us to pray.
In Jesus Christ Messiah, we let go of the old, and turn to Him and His Love to make the new Life, Way and His Truth. Jesus tells us He fills every dot and iota of God's Word. What we cannot do, He does for us. We can believe God and His Promises. All of us have fallen short of the Ways of God. He wants to save you, me and the world in Jesus Christ.
Exodus from Abortion
What does a Desert look like
when you have a cloud to shelter the people and the place?
What does a Desert look like
when you have a pillar of fire to warm
the night?
Abba, Father,
Thank You
You have heard our Prayers!
Blessed be Jesus!
Highest Name above all others is our Jesus.
Let the Blessings be Acknowledged
and flow
over us.
Beloved of God.
His Good Creation.
God's Mighty Works.
Historic Works of God's Mercy.
Father,
We call this Victory Yours.
We ask this Victory continue in the Highest Name of Jesus.
We ask our Prayers please Your Heart.
We seek Your face and turn from wicked ways.
You are our Father in Heaven,
Your Holy Spirit in Jesus never leaves or forsakes us.
You will Hear from Heaven and forgive our trespass.
You are God of Love
God of Encouragement
Heal our land, in Jesus, please.
Blessed be Jesus eyes open
and ears attentive to the prayer made in Your Dwelling within us.
You have chosen and consecrated Your Dwelling in us
as Your House. The Name of Jesus be there forever.
Your eyes and heart be in us for all time.
We will walk to give Justice with mercy,
walk humbly with Jesus
and walk in Your Way, Truth and Life.
In Jesus, we see
and love Your Glory.
Amen.
♔ Lord Jesus Saves †
Yay Jesus!
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