When my mother first believed she was pregnant, she was in an incredibly destructive relationship. Her husband was an alcoholic, both verbally and physically abusive, and so, she decided to have an abortion.
She planned to return home to her family and secretly gave money to a friend for safekeeping. But, when the time came to leave and she asked the friend for those funds, the friend replied, “What money? I’ve spent it. It’s gone.”
My mother had no way home. She had no way out.
Several weeks later, she would encounter a pastor, Andy Merritt. He pointed her to hope. He pointed her to life. And he changed the trajectory of the story — forever.
My mother would eventually decide that no matter what the future might bring, she and her baby would endure it together… and that baby was me.
It’s been many years since that day, since that choice, and I need you to understand something.
My life was preserved for a multitude of reasons, and one of those reasons is to share this message with you: you have been forgiven.
It is time to accept this forgiveness and walk in the healing and restoration that is yours in Jesus.
In my time in ministry, I’ve witnessed the mental, emotional, and spiritual wreckage after abortion, and, I’ve seen the liberating restoration that is possible at the Cross.
If you are struggling to find freedom after abortion,
if you long to be free from the weight of secrecy, shame, and regret;
if you desire a faith no longer shadowed by the past;
if you are tired of merely coping with the pain;
if you’re ready to see yourself through the lens of grace, then this is for you.
I can’t wait to meet you, and I can’t wait for you to begin walking in freedom.
Antionette Duck,
Sacred // Still,
Founder
