The way and timing this life came into you is the least important part of its purpose. Whether this life came by force or by love, it does not determine the worth of that child or its purpose in the kingdom of God.
God alone determines the value of a soul and the purpose of His children.
If you are pregnant and need help, I want you to know that you have so many options for you and the life of your child. God has placed a purpose with a passion into many hearts and those people's main goal is to get you help. You are not alone. I know how scary it can be to discover you're pregnant, especially when you're afraid of how your family will respond. Please know, that their response does not determine the future of your life and your ability to be a mother at any time. God does not consult with your family members to find out what they're plans are for you, He made you to be a unique individual apart from what other's think you should be or do in this life. You have been gifted the blessing of life, and your child has a purpose to serve in the Kingdom of God. Please do not allow anyone to coerce you into having an abortion or convince you that you are better off without this child. God alone knows what is best for His children, and He has equipped you with the strength to handle the divine detour you now find yourself on. You are the only one that has to live with ending the life of your child, and it is a pain that will never leave you.
I did not even acknowledge that by blessing me with children, the Lord was placing people around my future dinner table, and around my future Christmas tree. We can be so blind in our thinking that we can only see the current situation we are in, while God is setting the table of our lives, and sowing into our future celebrations. When our mind thinks there is no way, God is making a holy way. In God’s plan to bless you, don’t cut down the olive shoots around your table. The size of your family depends on the decision you make today. When you honor and accept the gifts of the Lord in this way, you are saying yes to a table full of laughter and love, instead of a reservation for one. Accept the blessing of a full table! If God can provide for us food, and clothing, He can provide enough chairs, and a long enough table.
Blessed mother, you have been gifted a child from the Lord. You have been chosen as His vessel to bring forth a life with purpose in a plan that He has already set into place. You have a purpose in the miracle of this life, and in a few months, you will see the likeness of the Lord in the face of your child. There is nothing in this world that you will ever hold in your arms that will love you and need you as much as your child.
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"Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table." Psalm 128:3
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A Maternity Home is a form of supportive housing provided to pregnant women. These programs support a woman in need of a stable home environment so that she can reach her goals in a variety of areas including education, employment, financial stability, prenatal care, and more. This is often a safe place for the mother to go so that she can carry her child to the point of delivery, so she does not have to choose abortion when she has been turned out of her home due to an unplanned pregnancy.
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Locate a Maternity Home by state here!
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Carrie is a Christian Author, Podcaster, Blogger, and For-God’s-Plan Life Advocate in the service of the Lord. In obedience to His call, she has written The Purpose of a Life. This is a short read that is intended not to condemn the women that chose abortion, but to compel the mother to choose life. ​
In this short book, The Purpose of a Life, Carrie relates with the woman that is wrestling with her head and her heart to navigate an unplanned pregnancy by sharing her personal story of learning she was pregnant her senior year of high school. The life she planned was forever changed when God blessed her with a son. Carrie battled depression and thoughts of suicide until the Lord stepped in and gave her a reason to live. On her 19th birthday, Carrie went into labor with her firstborn son and found herself on a divine detour that not only saved her life, but the life of another child when her story was told by someone else to a woman on the way to an abortion clinic. Carrie always knew she wanted to be a mother, and she shares how it is the Lord’s perfect timing that each mother must accept to be their divine detour into a blessed life of purpose for the kingdom of God.
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Carrie is married with five grown children, three beautiful grandchildren, and a 12-foot dinner table with a lot of chairs.