Healing and Faith After Abortion: Finding Faith, Forgiveness, and Hope with Jamie

Healing and faith are possible after abortion, and this episode is here to say that out loud with gentleness and truth. I'm sitting down with my friend Jamie, who shares her post-abortion healing journey and the quiet, steady way Jesus met her in brokenness, not after she "got it together."

We start with a simple heads up: this conversation centers around abortion, and it's tender. But it's also hope-filled. Because abortion is not just something that happens "outside the church." Jamie and I talk honestly about how common this story is in Christian communities, and why silence keeps women stuck.

Jamie takes us back to 1984. She was a young Christian who got pregnant after her first sexual relationship, carrying fear, confusion, and the weight of lies she believed she had to live with. She shares how she buried the pain for years and tried to make up for it by becoming a constant yes person, trying to keep everyone else happy, trying to earn peace she couldn't manufacture.

Then we talk about what changed. Jamie joined a Surrendering the Secret group, a scripture-rich post-abortion healing study created by Pat Layton, and that became the starting line for real transformation. Not instant perfection. Not a quick fix. But a new kind of freedom as she learned what it means to surrender, trust the Holy Spirit, and receive God's forgiveness instead of endlessly punishing herself.

You'll also hear the fruit of that healing. Jamie shares how God used her story in unexpected ways, including standing outside Planned Parenthood in Nashville and speaking to women with courage she didn't have before. Some chose life in that moment. Some didn't. And Jamie explains what it looks like to plant seeds, tell the truth in love, and then release what you cannot control back to God.

This episode is for the woman who's frozen in shame, the one who says, "God forgives me, but I can't forgive myself," and the one who feels disqualified from real faith because of her past. Jamie's story is a reminder that Jesus is still writing redemption stories, and that hope is not a personality trait. It's a Person.

If you need a next step, we mention Surrendering the Secret, other post-abortion recovery resources, and the reality that healing can start with one honest prayer: "Jesus, I'm here. I need you."