40 Days for Life

40 Days for Life started yesterday and I am excited. For 40 Days, ending on All Souls Day in November, there will be a 24/7 prayer vigil outside of local abortion clinics. The campaign started only 5 years ago, and in that short time it has grown from one city to nearly 200. The abortion clinic in the first city, College Station, has since shut down. Already there are several stories of saves on the 40 Days for Life blog,which will be updated daily. There are even daily devotionals that span the event.

On our radio show tonight, we're interviewing David Bereit, the founder of 40 Days for Life. You can listen here at 9pm Eastern time (click on radio: listen live).

Sadly, we have an abortion clinic here in Greenville. Since I moved here, I started going to pray there on Saturday mornings, and I have to say that it is the best and worst thing you can do with your day (I usually go shopping afterward to cheer myself up). It is truly sobering to see girls being driven in by their parents, boyfriends, husbands, etc. It's sadder to see them drive out. Once I locked eyes with a teenage girl in the backseat of a car driven by what I assume was her mother, and I'll never forget that moment.

The success stories of 40 Days for Life are pretty incredible. If you are able to get involved locally, please do. You will not regret it. And keep in mind that this is your community. God will ask you what you did to battle against the evils of this world. If you are fortunate enough to live far away from any abortion clinic, you can still pray, fast, and offer up the millions of souls (almost 50 million since Roe v. Wade) that have been lost to this horrific practice.