![]() One of the pro-life chalk artists says she and her friend simply I love the messages.” And one of our advocates reported from her station one day: “A random gentleman walking down the sidewalk was very intentionally stopping to read each (chalk message) with a big smile on his face.” On the ground than anything else, since most are looking down.”Īdditionally, a few passersby have stopped by with small-cash donations. Messages sharing, “The women are much more likely to see the messages Of that ominous building years ago, affirmed the probable success of the Not only are the messages staying longer, but I’ve found myself feeling encouraged upon arriving at the sidewalk each week, greeted by words like, “Superman was adopted,” “You are loved,” “There is hope,” and, “A baby is a gift,” decorated with hearts and smiley faces.Ī post-abortive friend, who remembered her own dark walk to the door These determined, optimistic advocates and their persistent pro-life “propaganda” have produced unexpected fruits. Uplifting chalk messages, the escorts often rub, sweep, or wash themīut lately, the message erasers seem to have grown weary, and I find myself sheepish in my prediction that sidewalk chalking is ultimately futile. While valiant attempts have been made to counter with our own, more Vulgar, showing drawings of female sexual parts and raunchy words. One year the chalked messages written by the escorts, who’d organizedĪ chalk party in anticipation of the annual vigil, was downright Posters and messages from both sides pop up plentifully. Prayer campaign, when the energy at this fateful facility heightens and Had been showing up there, most vividly during the 40 Days for Life The escorts or the advocates started it, but for years, chalked messages It had been happening off and on for quite a while. The wall-uh, sidewalk-or at least I thought I did.īut God, through a few young servants and their zeal, proved me wrong. Sidewalk at our state’s only abortion facility this past summer with aīucket of colorful chalk to write messages of hope, I saw the writing on When two new enthusiastic prayer advocates started coming to the
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