It's Jesus

We are approaching that time of year when we remember how Jesus suffered and died for our sins so that we could receive the gift of salvation. We will celebrate Resurrection Sunday in our churches and in our hearts. This is what the Gospel is about.

Crossroads exists to save the lives of God’s precious, preborn image-bearers, but we also exist to extend the hope of the Gospel amid distress and despair. We refer to our work as “life-affirming,” and it is on more than one level. We see human life as sacred. We also receive and share the abundant, eternal life found in Christ alone.

When we think of those we serve and our own lives, we are comforted to know that Jesus understands suffering as no one else does. We’ve struggled with impossibly heavy decisions, and so have our clients. Jesus sweated great drops of blood when wrestling with His choice in the Garden. 

As a ministry that opposes abortion, we’ve been hurt by words hurled at us; Jesus was mocked and spit on by the very people He came to rescue.

Jesus ministered to the oppressed and marginalized everywhere He went. He sought out those rejected by others. He saw the ones no one else noticed or wanted to bother with. He is our example to follow.

The work we do in pro-life ministry is motivated by our understanding of who Jesus is. We have only to look at His life to see the importance of what we do.

Jesus came to this world in the flesh, first as a zygote, then an embryo, then a fetus. He spent nine months in the womb, just like all of us. How much more eloquently could God speak of the sacredness of life in the womb?

Joni Eareckson once said, “Just think: Every promise God ever made finds its fulfillment in Jesus. God doesn’t just give us grace; he gives us Jesus, the Lord of grace. If it’s peace, it is only found in Jesus, the Prince of Peace. Even life itself is found in the Resurrection and the Life. Christianity isn’t all that complicated…it’s Jesus.”

And He is risen!

Thank you for your support and encouragement.