Gloria Pierre Dean
BROKEN
B
vase.
everley was ten when on a visit to her
Grandma, she did the deed. On the brick
floor lay the pieces of the beautiful heirloom
“Oh Beverley,” mother cried “not that vase.” Amazed
and surprised, she remembers that terror filled
her young soul. She had broken a family heirloom
that she had been told never to touch. Now, it lay
smashed in irregular pieces at her feet.
The family talked of repairing it, but they knew that
it would never be the same again and the monetary
loss was huge.
Years later in her twenties, she still recalled her
dastardly deed. She needed to forgive herself.
It all came back in a gallop one day when as a nurse,
she stood in the clinical room of an abortion clinic
where she worked and saw the parts of an aborted
baby in its container.
Again and with immense horror, it came to her that
she had colluded with the destruction of a perfect
creation. This fact was compounded when she noted
that the baby’s heart was still beating, even as it
was separated from its body. She also saw that the
human flesh continued to twitch, but soon all was
still.
She found herself weeping uncontrollably.
‘What a loss.’
She was reminded of the broken vase all over again.
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She left the job and never returned to the clinic.
That day changed her life. She knew in her heart
that she needed help because she could not stop
weeping.
“No more. No more, Beverley.” She vowed a
covenant promise to herself and God, and she did
something that she had not done in decades.
Yes, she repented and prayed. “Father forgive me
and forgive us for destroying this baby and so many
other babies’ lives. Open the eyes of the abortion
industry to see the enemy’s deception. “
Only Jesus could mend this as He had already done
on the cross.
“You need help and healing,” she heard an inaudible
voice say.
“Yes, I do,” she voiced to herself. So, she attended
counselling locally where she was encouraged and
enabled to forgive herself based on Jesus’ Word.
Soon after, she became involved in a Pro-life group
where she met Kitty who invited her to church. At
the Living Waters Church, she went forward and
gave her life to Jesus.
In time, she trained to be a counsellor and began to
help young couples considering abortion, and she
wrote a booklet about her experience and entitled
it ‘ Mending the Broken.’ Her local publisher agent
Jim became her husband and the father of their two
children, Sam and Sarah.
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