Spent the day at the All Points North: Facing Truth Pro-Life conference today. It was amazing. One of the speakers, Vicki Thorn, spoke on The Bio-Chemistry of sex. My favorite topic...
Unfortunately, she only had an hour or so to fit all the info in, and then had to run to catch her flight home as she is due in Europe, so we had to scribble everything down quickly so we could do some more research ourselves later.
Amazing stuff. I mean crazy amazing. I learned so much and once again, I'm awed at the incredible way God has put us all together. I also found something of comfort since losing my Elam, as did another lady there who had experience several miscarriages. Vicki was speaking about the ethics of surrogate mothers, and mentioned how every unborn baby leaves cells in his or her mother, which are then shared with any subsequent unborn babies in that womb. My little Leila then has some of her big brother's cells, along with some of mine, and all her older brothers and sisters. We are actually made up, not only of our parents, but of our older siblings. How cool. I will never look at that term "Family Unit" quite the same way again. Nor will I look at the Scripture "they two shall be one flesh" the same again either. I knew already that the seminal fluid of men is absorbed by the woman's body, but I never thought of it the way she pointed out. Something along the lines of "Better be careful about who you have sex with, ladies. Do you really want him to become a part of your very essence?" Hmmm..."Shall I then take away the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute?" Man, it just comes to life. I walked out of there thinking, you know, even if we don't understand God's laws, He surely knows what He's talking about. I sure have an entire new respect for my marriage now. I rode home next to Will thinking...he's really a part of me. I am really a part of his body. Fascinating.
So much more we learned...bcp's and male behaviour, abortion trauma, crisis pregnacy, how pheromones correlate with menstruation and sexual maturity, breastmilk, stages of breast cells changes during pregnancy, the father's biological changes during pregnancy (God just thought of everything, didn't He?) which is really vital when dealing with perinatal loss of any sort, brain development, etc. Perhaps I'll post the audio when I get it, but you can also order The Biology of The Theology of The Body Audio CD, and/or What They Didn't Tell You in Sex Ed".... DVD to get the whole scoop. You won't be sorry you did.
On a side note...I find it very disheartening that there aren't more evangelicals wanting to learn about these things। Much of what was spoken about today was very practical information for anyone dealing with women (and men) in crisis. How love can cover a multitude of sins...and it certainly can. I mean, whoever would have thought to buy an abortion minded woman a week of massages, with no pressure, to calm her nerves and clear her head? To just let an angry person have their say and respond with no more than a gentle touch? How many of us know how to help a post-abortive woman to recover from an abortion physically and emotionally in the aftermath? It was even pointed out that perhaps the term "post abortion syndrome" is not a very accurate term as the word 'syndrome' implies a disease, only what a woman experiences after an abortion is not a disease, but natural.
I know many of my evangelical brothers and sisters have an issue with there being only catholics in these presentations, but I believe that's to our shame. I also believe we both learn from each other. I was very moved by the genuine love these people expressed for all sides of this issue. Even love extended to the infamous abortion provider/Snowflake award winner Morgentaler. I also got to hear an amazing testimony from a man, hungry for Jesus, who cried out to Jesus and gave his "life, future and past" to Jesus on the floor of a catholic church after witnessing "the little old ladies praying" with ferverence. "They actually believed all that stuff!"
It was beautiful to hear how Jesus changed his life and restored him from a history of abortion and homosexuality.
Anyways...gotta get some sleep. Long day tomorrow again. They'll be speaking on abortion and mental health. Another important topic.
Unfortunately, she only had an hour or so to fit all the info in, and then had to run to catch her flight home as she is due in Europe, so we had to scribble everything down quickly so we could do some more research ourselves later.
Amazing stuff. I mean crazy amazing. I learned so much and once again, I'm awed at the incredible way God has put us all together. I also found something of comfort since losing my Elam, as did another lady there who had experience several miscarriages. Vicki was speaking about the ethics of surrogate mothers, and mentioned how every unborn baby leaves cells in his or her mother, which are then shared with any subsequent unborn babies in that womb. My little Leila then has some of her big brother's cells, along with some of mine, and all her older brothers and sisters. We are actually made up, not only of our parents, but of our older siblings. How cool. I will never look at that term "Family Unit" quite the same way again. Nor will I look at the Scripture "they two shall be one flesh" the same again either. I knew already that the seminal fluid of men is absorbed by the woman's body, but I never thought of it the way she pointed out. Something along the lines of "Better be careful about who you have sex with, ladies. Do you really want him to become a part of your very essence?" Hmmm..."Shall I then take away the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute?" Man, it just comes to life. I walked out of there thinking, you know, even if we don't understand God's laws, He surely knows what He's talking about. I sure have an entire new respect for my marriage now. I rode home next to Will thinking...he's really a part of me. I am really a part of his body. Fascinating.
So much more we learned...bcp's and male behaviour, abortion trauma, crisis pregnacy, how pheromones correlate with menstruation and sexual maturity, breastmilk, stages of breast cells changes during pregnancy, the father's biological changes during pregnancy (God just thought of everything, didn't He?) which is really vital when dealing with perinatal loss of any sort, brain development, etc. Perhaps I'll post the audio when I get it, but you can also order The Biology of The Theology of The Body Audio CD, and/or What They Didn't Tell You in Sex Ed".... DVD to get the whole scoop. You won't be sorry you did.
On a side note...I find it very disheartening that there aren't more evangelicals wanting to learn about these things। Much of what was spoken about today was very practical information for anyone dealing with women (and men) in crisis. How love can cover a multitude of sins...and it certainly can. I mean, whoever would have thought to buy an abortion minded woman a week of massages, with no pressure, to calm her nerves and clear her head? To just let an angry person have their say and respond with no more than a gentle touch? How many of us know how to help a post-abortive woman to recover from an abortion physically and emotionally in the aftermath? It was even pointed out that perhaps the term "post abortion syndrome" is not a very accurate term as the word 'syndrome' implies a disease, only what a woman experiences after an abortion is not a disease, but natural.
I know many of my evangelical brothers and sisters have an issue with there being only catholics in these presentations, but I believe that's to our shame. I also believe we both learn from each other. I was very moved by the genuine love these people expressed for all sides of this issue. Even love extended to the infamous abortion provider/Snowflake award winner Morgentaler. I also got to hear an amazing testimony from a man, hungry for Jesus, who cried out to Jesus and gave his "life, future and past" to Jesus on the floor of a catholic church after witnessing "the little old ladies praying" with ferverence. "They actually believed all that stuff!"
It was beautiful to hear how Jesus changed his life and restored him from a history of abortion and homosexuality.
Anyways...gotta get some sleep. Long day tomorrow again. They'll be speaking on abortion and mental health. Another important topic.
