As Grace Noel’s
mom, I will briefly say about myself that God and my family are the most
important things in my life. I am
thankful, beyond words, for God blessing me with three more children, even
after what I did to Grace. I treasure
each of them and all that I have learned through them and the joy I have
experienced because of them. I have been
given a desire to reach out to women who are facing crisis pregnancies and to
help and encourage them to choose life for their own sakes as well as for their
babies. I know all too well what it is
like to live with the painful scars of abortion. I desire to help women find healing,
forgiveness, and freedom from the shame and guilt. I also desire to help those considering
abortion to come to a realization that there are much better options for
themselves and for their babies. I
proclaim that Grace’s brief life in my womb not only had great significance in
my past, but that it also has significance in the present and for the future.
I created the blog
for multiple reasons. The main and
original reason was to provide a safe place for all women (including myself)
who have experienced an abortion. I
wanted to offer a place to share stories, sorrows, and help. It had to be maintained as a safe,
non-judgmental place to mourn the loss of our children. Hardly a place can be found in our society
where women who have been through abortion can safely and openly mourn the loss
of their child and share their pain. I
have found that the more we bury the past and the pain, the more power it has
over us (even while we remain unaware).
I also created the blog to serve as a memorial to my first child, Grace
Noel. I named the blog "For Grace Noel" because it would be my place to mourn her loss and express the many emotions
and thoughts about her and the impact she’s had in my life. The blog was to be my personal testimony of
my abortion, regret, healing, and the redemption. My sincere hope was that my story would help
someone else. Today, and every day, that
is still my hope.
In August of 2010,
an inspiration for an outreach ministry began to unfold in my heart. I began to think about being bolder in
speaking out and about reaching further out to help others. In January of 2012, the blog "For Grace Noel" blog
was turned into the God's Boundless Grace website and outreach and the domain name
changed accordingly. What began as a simple
blog to share my personal story and the stories of others began evolving into something
more. The more I have spoken out about
my own tragedy, the greater desire I have felt to provide an outreach where practical
and helpful resources may be found by those facing a crisis pregnancies or hurting
from past abortions. My longing is to
help others when it is within my ability to help.
Where the simple
blog was a beginning to a story, this website is a simple beginning to God’s
Boundless Grace, a grace filled outreach ministry for teenage girls and women
facing crisis pregnancies and/or hurting from past abortions. I hope not only
to be a link to helpful, practical, and healing resources, but to also be an
encouraging voice in the lives of teenage girls and women in my community and
beyond.
God’s Boundless
Grace will be an outreach ministry where the truth of the boundless grace of
God, the truth of life in the womb, and the truth of the pain of abortion is
told. It will be an outreach ministry
where help and support can be found. It
will be an outreach ministry where women are respected, supported, encouraged,
and loved unconditionally.
In all of that, I
will be remembering and honoring the short and extremely meaningful life of
Grace Noel.
If you've arrived at this website for the first time, I recommend starting from the beginning by reading my first post from September 2009, "For All of Us Sharing a Loss or Facing a Choice". Or, you may want to begin with reading some of the letters we have written to Grace.
If you are pregnant and don't know what to do, please check out the "Are You Pregnant?" links I've provided. Find your nearest crisis pregnancy center and seek their counsel and help.
If you are hurting from a past abortion(s), please check out the "Post Abortion Help" links I have provided. A local crisis pregnancy center will also be able direct you to a place where you can find counseling, help, and healing.
If you would like for me to speak to your group, I am more than willing and available to speak to groups who would benefit from hearing my story.
You may contact me anytime at gracenoel1985@gmail.com. This outreach ministry is based in the state of Colorado.
We also have a Facebook page named "God's Boundless Grace". You are welcome to follow us there and be part of the community.
If you've arrived at this website for the first time, I recommend starting from the beginning by reading my first post from September 2009, "For All of Us Sharing a Loss or Facing a Choice". Or, you may want to begin with reading some of the letters we have written to Grace.
If you are pregnant and don't know what to do, please check out the "Are You Pregnant?" links I've provided. Find your nearest crisis pregnancy center and seek their counsel and help.
If you are hurting from a past abortion(s), please check out the "Post Abortion Help" links I have provided. A local crisis pregnancy center will also be able direct you to a place where you can find counseling, help, and healing.
If you would like for me to speak to your group, I am more than willing and available to speak to groups who would benefit from hearing my story.
You may contact me anytime at gracenoel1985@gmail.com. This outreach ministry is based in the state of Colorado.
We also have a Facebook page named "God's Boundless Grace". You are welcome to follow us there and be part of the community.
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