Taking Steps Toward Hope and Healing
Mercy’s Call is a healing journey for women who have lost a child through abortion. This healing process takes place through a Healing Weekend. Together with a very small group of other women who have also experienced the loss of a child through abortion, you will be journeying through a Bible study called “A Cry for Mercy.” With the help of a Mercy’s Call Facilitator, we examine how we have been affected by our loss and process all the emotions that were damaged because of that loss.
The Mercy’s Call Healing Weekend is held in confidential setting. You will have your own room which allows you to have time for private reflection and study in between the group sessions. The first step in the healing journey is peeling away the callus formed by the months or years of denying and repressing the painful emotions connected with the abortion experience.
Why is this necessary to dredge up that which the mind has worked so long to forget? Because the grief, anger, and guilt a women feels about the events surrounding her abortion are yet not processed fully and need to be healed.
Here are just a few emotions and issues you may identify with:
• Guilt, anger or depression
• Can’t forgive yourself
• Shame, sorrow and regret
• Fear of punishment from God
• Self-hatred
• Suicidal thoughts
• Relational issues with others
• Secretive or hiding from others
• Have nightmares or flashbacks
• Dream about losing a child
• Avoidance of the subject
• Psychological “numbing”
• Addictions
• Self-destructive behaviors
• Bonding issues with your children
• Over-protective of your children
Do you have your experience bundled up and hidden away because it is too painful to deal with? It does not need to be bundled up any longer. There is hope and healing for you! Through Mercy’s Call, many women are braving the call and finding freedom from all the unanswered questions they always wondered about and can finally be at peace with themselves and God.
