Ignorant Historian

My comfort clothes:
My PJs: oversized flannel pants that my mom makes and old t-shirts (pretty much wear them any time I’m at home)

My comfort foods:
Diet Dr Pepper (not technically a food, but so true)
Chocolate chip ice cream with chocolate syrup
Mashed potatoes
Fried rice
Chicken noodle soup

My comfort movies:
Enchanted
Ocean’s 12
27 Dresses
10 Things I Hate about You
not really a movie, but it’s on DVD: Gilmore Girls

My comfort books:
The Chronicles of Narnia series
Pride and Prejudice
Little Women
Sense and Sensibility
Ender’s Game

Comfort activities:
Reading in my reading chair or outside
Looking at my flowers
Watching TV with my parents, leaning on my dad
Driving alone in my car, singing and dancing to something fun (more often than not, Maroon 5)
Spending time journaling, reading my Bible, and praying, laying my heart out before God

HT: The Seamstress of Avalon

Thanks for all your suggestions yesterday.  I’ve taken them to heart, and hope to show you a little more of my day-to-day life tomorrow.  Stay tuned!

From time to time, I discuss controversial subjects, the most common of which is abortion.  In these, I’m quick to vilify this abhorent practice and point out what I see as the religious, moral, social, humanitary, and logical reasons against it.  I don’t wish to undermine or backtrack from any of these posts, but there is something that I’ve missed sharing.

I believe there is hope for those who have received abortions, counseled others to receive abortions, and performed abortions, just as there is hope for all sinners, not the least of whom is me.

Without the grace of God, I would be unable to write this post today.  He not only sustains me, provides me with intelligence and a voice, and gave me life, he has given me new life that I may serve Him…when all I had done for Him is spit in His face.

Abortion hurts.  The mother is left not only with physical wounds, but emotional ones.  No matter how much a woman may not want to be or feel she is qualified to be a mother, she probably recognizes on some level a desire to nurture.  Maybe she even wanted this child, and felt pressured into giving him up.  Perhaps there are some women who can have an abortion and truly treat it like any other procedure, but I imagine that’s a rare thing.  Besides, numbness is an emotional reaction, too.

So, today, I’m praying especially for those who have been down that dark road.  Remember, God still loves you and wants to comfort you.  Please feel free to email me if you want to talk about this subject: ronnica (at) ignoranthistorian (dot) com.

“But God demonstrates His own love for us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” – Romans 5:8, NASU