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<p>When I wrote this post in 2013 I was thinking of how everyone was created with a purpose and that, if you don&#8217;t know what it is, you should pray to the <a href="https://toddkmarsha.com/amp/witnesspath/about/my-witness-chapter-vi-putting-in-on-the-line/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Holy Spirit</a> to reveal it to you. As I opened this post today, a totally different thought entered my mind.</p>
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<p>My hope is that a pregnant woman who is considering abortion will read this, watch the video and come to understand that the life inside her is just as important as her own. The life inside her deserves to enter this world and fulfill its God-given purpose.</p>
<p>We are all wanted&#8230;wanted by God. That&#8217;s why He created us and why He is there for us with every step we take. If you cannot raise the life inside you, there&#8217;s a family somewhere who can. I should know because I&#8217;m an adoptive father. I can&#8217;t imagine how different my life would be had Jack&#8217;s <a href="http://www.americanadoptions.com/pregnant/article_view/article_id/3211" target="_blank" rel="noopener">birthmother</a> decided to get an abortion.</p>
<p>Read the lyrics, watch the video and understand how important you, and the life inside you, are to our God.</p>
<p><em>From the day you were born</em></p>
<p><em>And took your first breath</em></p>
<p><em>You opened your eyes and in came the light</em></p>
<p><em>He was watching you</em></p>
<p><em>But all of your life you couldn&#8217;t shake the lies in your head</em></p>
<p><em>Saying you&#8217;re a mistake</em></p>
<p><em>Oh but you were made</em></p>
<p><em>By a God who knows your name</em></p>
<p><em>He doesn&#8217;t make mistakes</em></p>
<p><em>You are wanted</em></p>
<p><em>To every broken heart, He stands with open arms</em></p>
<p><em>You are wanted</em></p>
<p><em>To every searching soul, look to the rising sun</em></p>
<p><em>If you&#8217;re lonely, hurting, gone too far</em></p>
<p><em>To the outcast you come as you are</em></p>
<p><em>For you, you are wanted, you, you are wanted</em></p>
<p><em>You, you are wanted, you, you are wanted</em></p>
<p><em>Let today be the day that joy takes the place</em></p>
<p><em>Of all of the years that shame tried to steal away</em></p>
<p><em>He is calling you</em></p>
<p><em>Lift your eyes to see His face</em></p>
<p><em>Come run into the arms of grace</em></p>
<p><em>You r wanted</em></p>
<p><em>To every broken heart, He stands with open arms</em></p>
<p><em>You r wanted</em></p>
<p><em>To every searching soul, look to the rising sun</em></p>
<p><em>If you&#8217;re lonely, hurting, gone too far</em></p>
<p><em>To the outcast you come as you are</em></p>
<p><em>For you, you are wanted, you, you are wanted</em></p>
<p><em>You, you r wanted, you, you are wanted</em></p>
<p><em>You, you have been marked</em></p>
<p><em>You&#8217;re set apart</em></p>
<p><em>And He calls you His</em></p>
<p><em>So you don&#8217;t have to search</em></p>
<p><em>Don&#8217;t have to look for where you belong</em></p>
<p><em>You r wanted</em></p>
<p><em>You r wanted</em></p>
<p><em>To every broken heart, He stands with open arms</em></p>
<p><em>You are wanted</em></p>
<p><em>To every searching soul, look to the rising sun</em></p>
<p><em>If you&#8217;re lonely, hurting, gone too far</em></p>
<p><em>To the outcast you come as you are</em></p>
<p><em>For you, you r wanted, you, you r wanted</em></p>
<p><em>You, you are wanted, you, you are wanted</em></p>
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