Healing: Mark
Bradley Morrow
Mark's story includes 4 Abortions in 20 months, 1 Vasectomy, 1
Adoption, 2 Reversals, 1 Miscarriage & 2 Beautiful Babies
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I would like to introduce you to a friend of mine. He is a father. Some of you may have heard of him
before. He is not only a licensed
professional counselor; he is also a professional stand-up comedian and was a
popular morning drive time radio personality for a Christian radio station in
Erie, Pennsylvania. His name is Mark
Bradley Morrow. His story includes 4 Abortions in 20 months, 1 Vasectomy, 1
Adoption, 2 Reversals, 1 Miscarriage & 2 Beautiful Babies To find out more
about Mark please visit his web site www.markbradleymorrow.com
Mark
accepted Christ into his life when he was 19 and still a virgin. During his college years he filled his time
with bible study, prayer and fellowship. It was after college that sexual
temptation became too much for him. This
temptation led to sexual relationships, four pregnancies and four abortions. It
was a secret he kept and struggled with for 18 years fearing that disclosure
would ruin his career and family.
Mark’s
first abortion experience came after a lustful night in which he did not use a
condom. His girlfriend informed him of
the pregnancy. He told her he would
support the child financially but would not marry her nor would he be a father
to the child. That was unacceptable to
her. He then suggested adoption. Instead of embracing the adoption alternative
she brought up abortion, Mark did not resist.
He even drove her to the clinic, waited in the waiting room and paid for
half the abortion. The middle two
abortions he did not learn about until after the fact. The women knew he did not want to be a father
so they went and had abortions on their own and informed him later. The fourth one he knew what the mother was
going through but did not actively participate in the abortion process.
After
the final abortion, he met his future wife.
At the time, she was an unwed mother.
He led her to Christ. Mark agreed
to marry her and adopt her daughter but told her he did not want children of
his own. She reluctantly agreed to this
condition and he had a vasectomy before the wedding day. After several years of being a father to his
adopted daughter he realized the joys and rewards fatherhood had to offer. He decided he wanted to have children of his
own. He went through a painful reversal
procedure only to have it fail. He then
went to the Cleveland Clinic for another reversal procedure. This one was successful. In a short time, he and his wife announced on
his morning radio show that she was pregnant.
A few days later she miscarried.
Mark wondered if he would ever be blessed with biological children. Eventually, he received the gift of a
biological daughter and son. Mark still
grieves for over the loss of his other five children. He lost four because of abortion and one as a
result of a miscarriage.
Eventually,
Mark decided to share the story with a friend, his wife, his pastor and finally
with his teenage daughter. The reaction
he got from his daughter was exactly the affirmation he needed to tell his
story to the world. She looked at him
and said softly “Dad, there is nothing you could have said that would have made
me love you any less.” With that reassurance
and support Mark went public with his story and his ministry of reaching out to
other dads who have experienced abortion.
This
might also be a good time to remind everyone that the sentiments expressed by
Mark’s daughter are the same sentiments God expresses to us. No matter what we
have done or said God cannot and will not love us any less. God is a forgiving and loving God.
What
God has done with Mark’s life since he shared his past is an example of how God
will use our bad decisions for good.
Mark, now counsels’ fathers who have had children aborted, shares his
story with others as a keynote speaker for crisis pregnancy center fundraisers,
special church services, Right to Life Banquets, abstinence programs, men's
events and Christian/Catholic school assemblies. Mark can be reached at morrow@velocity.net
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