Life Restored Ministry, A Ministry of Life's Choices Womens Clinic,Inc.

05/27/2026

I've been wondering a lot lately
about the level of my faith.

Not wondering, really . . .
more discovering.

I talk faith.

I believe faith.

I think I have faith.

Then,
I find myself seated in a pew
at the funeral
of a four month old.

From the angle where I sit,
I can see the tiny casket
resting atop
a green and yellow striped baby afghan.

And, I listen.

And, wonder.

And, make myself face this question
head on.

"Do I really have faith?"

As the lady
seated in front of me
wipes a tear from her eye,
I wipe a continuous stream of them
from my own.

Pew after pew,
eye after eye.
It seems no one here
is untouched
by this heartbreaking loss.

"Faith isn't faith
until it is tested.
It is in times like this
that we stand on our faith
and it carries us through.
It is in times like this
that we discover
the kind of faith we have."

The words of the minister
reach deep into my soul.

I can hardly stand the pain
I feel seated in this place,
in this moment.

It is
overwhelming,
suffocating,
too much.

My eyes keep veering right
and then left;
any direction except
straight ahead
at the reality before us
and the reason we are here.

And, I think of
this precious mother,
this broken father,
these young sisters
and tiny brother.

To suffer such loss.

To bury one
so tiny,
so helpless,
so innocent.

To love God
in spite of
and in the midst of.

To believe without a doubt
that God is good
all the time,
even in times
like this.

Faith.

Do I have it?

Or am I simply spoiled
by the goodness of the Lord?

My life has been an easy one.

God's blessings
have been abundant.
Sorrows, few.

It's easy to have faith
when all is well,
life is happy,
"God is good."

But,
what about when
God's goodness
is overshadowed in heartbreak?

What about the times when
everything falls apart
and nothing makes sense?

What do we do with our God when
our God allows something
into our life
that pulls the rug of our heart
right out from underneath us?

What do we do when
our foundation shakes so violently
we find ourselves grappling
to keep our footing.....
and our faith?

And, I wonder.

And, I hear God's Spirit
asking me
the hardest question of all:

Do you trust me?

And,
the only answer I know,
the only answer I can give,
the only cry of my heart is this:

"Lord, I believe;
help thou mine unbelief."~♥️
~ Mark 9:24

~ Stacy L. Sanchez

( from January 2013)

05/27/2026

05/27/2026

God does some of His greatest work when we finally surrender and let Him. ❤️

04/30/2026

Grief is not the same thing as repentance.

A person can feel sorrow, loss, regret, even deep anguish, and still not turn from the sin that caused it. Scripture makes that plain. There is a sorrow of the world that grieves, but does not lead to life. We see it often. Women mourning the unborn child they murdered, yet still justifying it, still calling it the “right decision,” still saying they would do it again.

True repentance is not just weeping over the outcome, it is confessing the sin. It does not hold onto excuses, it casts them down. It does not say, “it was the right choice,” it says, “I have sinned against God.” It turns away from the sin and turns to Jesus Christ, seeking mercy, not defending the deed.

To grieve a child while still defending the killing of that child is not healing. It is bo***ge. It keeps a person tied to their sin, weighed down with sorrow that never brings peace.

But there is hope.

There is real forgiveness. There is cleansing. There is peace. The blood of Christ is sufficient to wash even this. But it does not come through grief alone. It comes through repentance, through turning from sin and turning to Christ, humbling yourself before Him and submitting to the truth.

You do not find freedom by grieving sin while calling it good. You find freedom when you call it what God calls

03/11/2026

A lot of women are not ready to have this discussion.

Everyone talks about the woman in the abortion debate.

Almost nobody talks about the father.

Yet many men know that a child, their child, was lost. They may have no legal say in the decision, but they still live with the consequences.

Research shows that many men experience grief, guilt, anger, and depression after abortion. Some even develop symptoms similar to post-traumatic stress years later. But because society tells men their only role is to “support the decision,” most suffer in silence.

𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬.

They are told, “her body, her choice,” and that they have no place to speak.

𝐀 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞.

𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐟 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝.

At what point is a father supposed to turn off the love he had for his child?

Men grieve abortions silently.

𝐒𝐞𝐞 "𝐌𝐞𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧" 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬.

10/29/2025

The God who
created each season
knows better than us
how to orchestrate
the seasons in our life.

All we need to do is trust Him.

If we do,
no doubt
each season
will be glorious.

Not neccesarily
without a tinge
of "cold in the air".

And not necessarily
without the messiness
that accompanies
a change of season.

But glorious in that
whatever this change might be
and whatever it might bring.
God is with us in it all
with the promise
to bring good from it.~❤

~Stacy L. Sanchez

07/13/2025

Let HIS Forgiveness transform and heal you!

06/28/2025

If you’ve experienced abortion, you may carry a quiet pain that few people see. Maybe it’s regret, maybe it’s questions, or maybe it just feels heavy, even years later. Life Restored is a place where you can begin to lay that weight down. No shame. No judgment. Just space to breathe… and people who understand. You were never meant to walk this journey alone, and you don’t have to anymore. There is grace for you. There is peace for you. There is healing ahead. You are not beyond hope. You are not beyond restoration.
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