Tag: pregnancy loss awareness

• Faith and Abortion: Is Abortion Murder?

  

  Should I have waited until both my babies were dead inside of me and I was (likely) septic before I gave my doctors permission to intervene? Or did I make the right decision to abort my babies to save my life? By choosing the latter, did I murder my children?

  Janzel

  July 17, 2022

  Spiritual Reflections

  abortion, Bible, christianity, Faith, God, life, love, miscarriage, pregnancy loss, pregnancy loss awareness, roe v wade

• Empty/Full

  

  I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. He put a new song in my mouth. – Psalms, Chapter 40 When my husband and I envisioned this…

  Janzel

  December 26, 2016

  Living, Personal

  baby loss, christianity, Death, Faith, God, grief, identical twins, Jesus, life, Living, loss, love, miscarriage, pregnancy loss, pregnancy loss awareness

• Longings

  

  What I feared has come upon me; what I dreaded has happened to me. I have no peace, no quietness; I have no rest, but only turmoil. – Job, Chapter 3 Almost nine months after losing my two babies, I’m still looking for peace.

  Janzel

  November 29, 2016

  Personal, Spiritual Reflections

  christianity, Death, God, grief, Jesus, life, loss, love, miscarriage, Pain, pregnancy loss, pregnancy loss awareness, Suffering

• Holding On to Hope

  

  Sometimes I have a hard time sleeping at night. The flashbacks – they’re intrusive. In them, I’m still pregnant and it’s always the same. 

  Janzel

  July 7, 2016

  Personal

  christianity, Death, Faith, God, grief, Inspiration, life, love, Pain, pregnancy loss, pregnancy loss awareness, preterm birth, reflections, Spirituality, twins

• When Things Fall Apart

  

  This is a post that I’ve been sitting on for a while. In it I discuss some of the theological questions I have been having since losing my baby girls, specifically, God’s role in pain and suffering. (Although to be honest, this is an issue that I have been wrestling with for several years.) Just…

  Janzel

  June 7, 2016

  Spiritual Reflections

  christianity, Death, evil, featured, God, grief, life, loss, love, miscarriage, Pain, pregnancy loss, pregnancy loss awareness, providence, Suffering