Even though we are blessed with many "wins" (babies saved and lives changed), we have found it hard sometimes to "lose" in our Crisis Pregnancy Center ministry. It is especially painful when the loss results in a hurting young woman and a dead baby. We sometimes wonder why God would have sent a particular case to our center if the result was not going to be a "win"? Of course, we are talking about OUR definition of a "win", not necessarily God's. How can we presume to know the heart and mind of God?
We need to accept that God used us for His purpose at that moment and we may not know the reason or even the ultimate result or outcome. We may be planting a seed along the way in someone's life which could result in a changed and/or saved life in the future. We may never know the impact we have had in the lives of others until we are in heaven.
Our hearts, in their humanness, cry out to God over the destruction and loss we see day in and day out. Sometimes we think if we had said or done something differently, it would have affected the outcome. Not true!
If we prayerfully seek God each day and give Him the control, He will speak through us and use us for His purpose each day.
For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesians 2:10
Seeing God work in the lives of others is an honor and a privilege. It is AMAZING to see lives saved and transformed! We move on and move forward and anxiously await our next phone call or visit.
And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. Phillipians 4:8
