When Your Friend Has an Abortion

Unlocked: Daily Devotions for Teens · Jun 15, 2021 · 1m

READ: PSALM 116:1-9; LAMENTATIONS 3:21-23; ROMANS 12:9-15; GALATIANS 6:1-2 Editor’s Note: Today’s story discusses abortion. “Please help me.” My best friend Emma looks panicked. My heartbeat races as I catch a glimpse of her tearstained face. “I’m having an abortion tomorrow. I need your support.” Shock and anger boil inside me. No! I think. This is against everything I believe in—a life is being destroyed. How could she! Can I get her to change her mind? What do I do? But then, something stirs inside my heart that extinguishes the anger. My friend is desperate. I look up to see her cringing…