Let me introduce you to Rebecca. We have corresponded and she has given me permission to add her link to my blog. Please read her powerful story and say a prayer for her, won't you? Visit her website.
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Rebecca's Story
Let me introduce you to Rebecca. We have corresponded and she has given me permission to add her link to my blog. Please read her powerful story and say a prayer for her, won't you? Visit her website.
Who Are The Consecrated Children?
In both the Jewish and Christian traditions in the prophetic book of the Old Testament, Jeremiah, it is recorded, "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, And before you were born I consecrated you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations."(Jer. 1.5, New American Standard Bible ©1995)
If GOD the CREATOR, who called these children into being, (for it is NOT the rapists who give them life) says HE consecrated these children in their mothers’ wombs, then certainly He has a mighty plan for their lives. While every baby is called forth by God, the children who have been conceived as a result of this crime against their mothers are what I call “The Consecrated Children.” They have a special call on their lives, no doubt.
According to Dr. Janet Smith, a well-known professor who speaks and teaches on human sexuality, the first call on the lives of these most special of children is to help their mothers heal from the trauma of their experience. Smith reports that in her teaching and private counseling she has found that women who conceive as a result of a rape heal more quickly and more fully than women who either do not conceive or abort their babies.
Isn’t that remarkable? These children are conceived by God as a means of healing, hope and joy for the women who have been violated! Contrary to what is preached in Western culture today, a child conceived as a result of a rape is NOT conceived as a reminder of the trauma, but as a gift from God to help their mothers move beyond the pain of their experience.
These little ones are truly God’s gift, and it is my hope that as the stories of their lives begin to be told, we will be witnesses to miracles of all sorts.
In Hope,
Veronica Diego
If GOD the CREATOR, who called these children into being, (for it is NOT the rapists who give them life) says HE consecrated these children in their mothers’ wombs, then certainly He has a mighty plan for their lives. While every baby is called forth by God, the children who have been conceived as a result of this crime against their mothers are what I call “The Consecrated Children.” They have a special call on their lives, no doubt.
According to Dr. Janet Smith, a well-known professor who speaks and teaches on human sexuality, the first call on the lives of these most special of children is to help their mothers heal from the trauma of their experience. Smith reports that in her teaching and private counseling she has found that women who conceive as a result of a rape heal more quickly and more fully than women who either do not conceive or abort their babies.
Isn’t that remarkable? These children are conceived by God as a means of healing, hope and joy for the women who have been violated! Contrary to what is preached in Western culture today, a child conceived as a result of a rape is NOT conceived as a reminder of the trauma, but as a gift from God to help their mothers move beyond the pain of their experience.
These little ones are truly God’s gift, and it is my hope that as the stories of their lives begin to be told, we will be witnesses to miracles of all sorts.
In Hope,
Veronica Diego
Consecrated Children...Our Story
Let me start with a few words about why I have created this blog. Last spring I learned that my college-aged daughter had been "acquaintance raped." From a mother’s point of view, the unthinkable had happened--and there was more. My daughter had conceived as a result of the rape. We are committed Christians and value all life, from the moment of fertilization to the moment of natural death, so aborting this child was not an option. But there were some very difficult decisions that my daughter would have to make in the days ahead. Should she prosecute her attacker? Should she go back to school, and if so when? Should she place her child for adoption, or raise him/her?
After learning of my daughter’s plight, I moved to the community where she was attending school to help her through the difficult days ahead. In due time, she gave birth to a beautiful baby girl—my first grandchild and the first great grand child on both sides of the family, and decided to raise her. This child is delightful beyond words, and I am honored to be the one helping my young daughter raise her little girl.
As I have watched this precious person grow bigger each day, learn to smile and giggle, and hold her own rattle, I began to think about other people whose lives may have started as a result of rape. I began to do some research to learn of others and found that there is very little in print about these amazing children! Frederick Douglass, the famous American Abolitionist, was a product of rape…certainly there are more stories of triumph over tragedy like this.
So I have decided to collect stories of triumph—stories of women who conceived by rape and gave life to these precious beings, stories of these amazing persons who had NO control over their conception, stories of families who adopted a child who was conceived by rape, and stories of the siblings of children conceived as a result of a rape. These stories will eventually be collated into a book to be published.
Do you have a story you want to tell? Do you know of someone else who may be ready to share her story, or of a family who has been blessed by the selfless love of a woman who gave her child to them via adoption?
I would love to post photos here of my beautiful little granddaughter, but because we think my daughter’s attacker is still in our area, we are “laying low” for protection. Therefore, I am using a pen name and cannot post any of our photos. But maybe you have a picture you would like to post here, showing us the smiling face of a beautiful child who was given life, despite his/her traumatic start.
Please contact me with questions, stories, photos and links to other good sites that address this topic. You can post your comments on this blog or contact me at veronica.diego3@gmail.com
Peace and All Good~ Veronica Diego
After learning of my daughter’s plight, I moved to the community where she was attending school to help her through the difficult days ahead. In due time, she gave birth to a beautiful baby girl—my first grandchild and the first great grand child on both sides of the family, and decided to raise her. This child is delightful beyond words, and I am honored to be the one helping my young daughter raise her little girl.
As I have watched this precious person grow bigger each day, learn to smile and giggle, and hold her own rattle, I began to think about other people whose lives may have started as a result of rape. I began to do some research to learn of others and found that there is very little in print about these amazing children! Frederick Douglass, the famous American Abolitionist, was a product of rape…certainly there are more stories of triumph over tragedy like this.
So I have decided to collect stories of triumph—stories of women who conceived by rape and gave life to these precious beings, stories of these amazing persons who had NO control over their conception, stories of families who adopted a child who was conceived by rape, and stories of the siblings of children conceived as a result of a rape. These stories will eventually be collated into a book to be published.
Do you have a story you want to tell? Do you know of someone else who may be ready to share her story, or of a family who has been blessed by the selfless love of a woman who gave her child to them via adoption?
I would love to post photos here of my beautiful little granddaughter, but because we think my daughter’s attacker is still in our area, we are “laying low” for protection. Therefore, I am using a pen name and cannot post any of our photos. But maybe you have a picture you would like to post here, showing us the smiling face of a beautiful child who was given life, despite his/her traumatic start.
Please contact me with questions, stories, photos and links to other good sites that address this topic. You can post your comments on this blog or contact me at veronica.diego3@gmail.com
Peace and All Good~ Veronica Diego
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