I was raised by a godly mother, and I knew God had called me into pastoral ministry, but I resisted that call for over 10 years because of the baggage I carried from my early years of wild living. While there are many things from my past I now regret, one of the most significant is knowing I was complicit in ending the lives of my first two children. Fortunately, when I met the woman I would eventually marry, I re-dedicated my life to Christ and received the forgiveness he offers to all of us when we surrender to Him and confess our sins. Yes, I live with much pain and sorrow over my choice to end the lives of my children, but as with all sin, God is using that pain, and the grace found in a repentant heart, to draw me towards those who may be following in my footsteps. It is my desire to extend the offer of hope and forgiveness found in Christ to those who may be seeing abortion as an easy fix to an unplanned pregnancy just as I once did.