Help for the Shattered Heart

Help for the Shattered Heart

  We recently came across a social media post written by a mom who had taken the abortion pill regimen to end her pregnancy in its 7th week. She was devastated by what she saw in the bathroom. Although in a little sac and about the size of a blueberry, she knew it was her baby. The realization of what had just happened…

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Woven in the Secret Place

Woven in the Secret Place

Psalm 139:15 says that God wove us together in the secret place of our mother’s womb: “My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth.” We shared this beautiful truth w/ Jenni, a young mother of 2 who was pregnant w/ her third.  “I need to get an abortion,”…

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His Truth Transforms

His Truth Transforms

  A young woman named Ellie visited us recently. Her mom had passed away a few weeks prior, and Ellie… missing her mom, while trying to parent her toddler at home, plus dealing with the hormone changes that come with pregnancy… she was having a rough time of it. She needed support, and a friend told her about Align. During…

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Infants in Hymns – Part 2

Infants in Hymns – Part 2

  At a recent Missions Conference at a local church, I got to sing some wonderful hymns—including “Christ for the World We Sing”, which was written in 1869 by Samuel Wolcott. As we sang through the hymn, the lyrics from verse 4 jumped out at me. (This was the second time that morning that I noticed hymn lyrics…

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Infants in Hymns – Part 1

Infants in Hymns – Part 1

  Align had the opportunity to participate in a local church’s Missions Conference last weekend. During the conference’s Sunday morning worship service, we sang the hymn “Jesus Shall Reign” by Isaac Watts. I learned that song at church as a little girl. Singing it now, as a grown-up working for a pregnancy…

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