Rebecca Kiessling's Writings
Rebecca Kiessling
Conceived in rape / Pro-life speaker
Conceived in rape / Pro-life speaker
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reproduce these materials
in online and email
newsletters, as long as you
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Just e-mail to let me know,
and send me a copy of the
final newsletter
reproduce these materials
in online and email
newsletters, as long as you
provide proper attribution.
Just e-mail to let me know,
and send me a copy of the
final newsletter
“Option of Adoption”
Pregnant -- unable to support,
not wanting to abort,
you chose the option
of adoption.
Do you long to see
your little baby?
She is mature and grown,
you wonder has she known
about you – the other
Father and Mother?
All that you went through,
she still has never sent you
a card on Mother’s Day.
But that is okay.
she was not being mean --
she only just turned eighteen.
Now will she try to find you?
Does she know it would not mind you?
You ask, “What does she look like?”
She was just a little tyke
the last time you saw her
crying in the arms of the lawyer.
You wonder, “What is her name?”
Oh, you feel such shame,
though you let her live too,
but does she forgive you?
You hope she understood
it was for her own good –
in her highest interest
to give her only the best.
Unable to ever recover,
you only wish to tell her you love her.
Pregnant -- unable to support,
not wanting to abort,
you chose the option
of adoption.
Do you long to see
your little baby?
She is mature and grown,
you wonder has she known
about you – the other
Father and Mother?
All that you went through,
she still has never sent you
a card on Mother’s Day.
But that is okay.
she was not being mean --
she only just turned eighteen.
Now will she try to find you?
Does she know it would not mind you?
You ask, “What does she look like?”
She was just a little tyke
the last time you saw her
crying in the arms of the lawyer.
You wonder, “What is her name?”
Oh, you feel such shame,
though you let her live too,
but does she forgive you?
You hope she understood
it was for her own good –
in her highest interest
to give her only the best.
Unable to ever recover,
you only wish to tell her you love her.
"I Am Living and Forgiving”
Of course I want to meet you --
give hugs and kisses when I greet you!
I have waited eighteen years
and shed a thousand tears
growing up without you,
wondering about you.
Often I would tremble
with no one I resemble.
Do you have blonde hair, blue eyes?
If you saw me, would you recognize
that I was the tiny infant
with whom nine months you spent?
Do you really care for me?
Or would you just ignore me
because you are someone’s new wife
trying to forget a past life?
Is Daddy still around?
Or does he also need to be found?
I was told I’ve got a sister –
gosh, I’ve really missed her.
And what about my brother?
Does he know about the other
little sister he had?
Or ‘tis a secret for Mom and Dad.
A family from a storybook,
I imagine how you each may look.
I am welcomed with open arms.
You very kindly pour on the charms.
I accept you as you are –
you are the twinkle in my star!
But, my star, again, will not shine tonight.
And still, to my dismay, you are not in sight.
Of course I want to meet you --
give hugs and kisses when I greet you!
I have waited eighteen years
and shed a thousand tears
growing up without you,
wondering about you.
Often I would tremble
with no one I resemble.
Do you have blonde hair, blue eyes?
If you saw me, would you recognize
that I was the tiny infant
with whom nine months you spent?
Do you really care for me?
Or would you just ignore me
because you are someone’s new wife
trying to forget a past life?
Is Daddy still around?
Or does he also need to be found?
I was told I’ve got a sister –
gosh, I’ve really missed her.
And what about my brother?
Does he know about the other
little sister he had?
Or ‘tis a secret for Mom and Dad.
A family from a storybook,
I imagine how you each may look.
I am welcomed with open arms.
You very kindly pour on the charms.
I accept you as you are –
you are the twinkle in my star!
But, my star, again, will not shine tonight.
And still, to my dismay, you are not in sight.
ADOPTION POETRY
I wrote these poems at 18 during my first semester of college, just after I was told I'd never be able to meet
my birthmother because of Michigan's laws at the time, but prior to learning that I was conceived in rape.
The second poem is a reply to the first.
-- Rebecca
I wrote these poems at 18 during my first semester of college, just after I was told I'd never be able to meet
my birthmother because of Michigan's laws at the time, but prior to learning that I was conceived in rape.
The second poem is a reply to the first.
-- Rebecca
LETTER FROM MY BIRTHMOTHER
My Dearest Rebecca,
Hoping by now that the shock of finding out all the details of your birth is forgotten. For that was not reason enough of having to give
something up as beautiful as you were. Nothing as precious as a baby. Mostly when you carry one nine months and you go through
the birth feeling no one loves you, but you were so perfect and pretty. All these years I had nothing of you, no picture, nothing even
saying you were part of me. Just the memory of carrying a baby that I hoped one day would try to find her real mother as I wanted to
know my baby. I always loved you in my heart. You were always with me in my thoughts, mostly in July.
. . . .
It seems like a lifetime I know. When I was sick two years ago I thought I would never get to know my little girl.. . . . Would you
please see if you could get me a copy of the letter you sent to the Oakland County Judge? It made me cry. Also I would like copies of
your poems. These are things I would like to read.
. . . .
Its been a long three weeks. Looking forward to our meeting. I didn't know how to express my inner feelings. IT'S SO GREAT -- BIG
BEAUTIFUL -- ITS ALWAYS BEEN MY DREAM. I AM SO HAPPY I AM CRYING.
A love that ate at me
for nineteen years,
my daughter at last.
With love,
your Mom,
Joann
My Dearest Rebecca,
Hoping by now that the shock of finding out all the details of your birth is forgotten. For that was not reason enough of having to give
something up as beautiful as you were. Nothing as precious as a baby. Mostly when you carry one nine months and you go through
the birth feeling no one loves you, but you were so perfect and pretty. All these years I had nothing of you, no picture, nothing even
saying you were part of me. Just the memory of carrying a baby that I hoped one day would try to find her real mother as I wanted to
know my baby. I always loved you in my heart. You were always with me in my thoughts, mostly in July.
. . . .
It seems like a lifetime I know. When I was sick two years ago I thought I would never get to know my little girl.. . . . Would you
please see if you could get me a copy of the letter you sent to the Oakland County Judge? It made me cry. Also I would like copies of
your poems. These are things I would like to read.
. . . .
Its been a long three weeks. Looking forward to our meeting. I didn't know how to express my inner feelings. IT'S SO GREAT -- BIG
BEAUTIFUL -- ITS ALWAYS BEEN MY DREAM. I AM SO HAPPY I AM CRYING.
A love that ate at me
for nineteen years,
my daughter at last.
With love,
your Mom,
Joann
Below you will find my adoption poetry and the letter from my birthmother, along with my essay, "The
Centrality of Adoption for Christians."
Centrality of Adoption for Christians."
THE CENTRALITY OF ADOPTION FOR CHRISTIANS
“Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after the orphans . . . .” James 1:27. This verse has meant so much to me personally.
It is one of the verses in the Bible which has made me realize that orphans are a priority to God and that adoption is not second-best/last resort/only for the
infertile, but is God’s first-choice, one of His highest priorities, and meant for the Body of Christ to demonstrate the ultimate picture of His love for us. I’d like to
share a little more Scripture with you which demonstrate why adoption is so vital to the Body of Christ. I’m certain that I have just barely uncovered what God has
to say on the subject, but I hope this will be meaningful to you.
"A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling, God sets the lonely in families." (Psalm 68:5,6a) He does not set the lonely in
institutions, in orphanages, in schools, in refrigerator photos or in prayer lists. All of those things are important and have their role in the process, but God sets the
lonely in families. My children grieve and pray for other children who are left in orphanages, that they may each have a family of their own. Having been adopted
myself, with two adopted children, I cannot fathom living the life of an orphan in an orphanage, without a mother and a father -- no matter how much of a Christian
education they may be receiving. My heart not only goes out to them, but I feel I must advocate for them.
Romans 8:15 says that we won’t be slaves again to fear because we have “received a spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, ‘Abba, Father!’" In Isaiah 66:13, we
are told, “As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you.” 2 Corinthians 6:18 promises, “I will be a father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters,
says the Lord Almighty.” There is something very special about being able to be called a son or a daughter, which, for an orphan, comes only through adoption.
“In love he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will -- to the praise of his glorious grace, which he
has freely given us in the One he loves.” (Ephesians 1:5,6)
In Galatians chapters 3 and 4, Paul speaks about what this adoption is really all about and what it means to be called “sons of God” (3:26), to “receive the full
rights of sons” (4:5), and again, being able to call out, “Abba, Father” (4:6). When you are adopted with the full rights of a son, “you are no longer a slave, but a
son; and since you are a son, God has made you also an heir.” (4:7) Being adopted through Christ has meant that “we are God’s children. Now if we are God’s
children, then we are heirs – heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ.” (Romans 8:16, 17) Throughout the Bible, you will find that there is great significance in being
an heir and being eligible to receive an inheritance. It’s the difference between being a “legitimate” child or the child of a slave. “(T)he slave woman’s son will
never share in the inheritance with the free woman’s son.” (Galatians 4:30) When we adopt, we are telling our children, “All we have is yours. You are our child
forever, you belong to this family. God has a plan for you, He loves you and He set you in our family.” Our adopted children’s chores and responsibilities are not
as slaves, but as members of a family and they will reap the benefits of our collective labor with the right of inheritance. They are not just earning their keep when
they do their chores, as it is with a slave. And they can cry out “Daddy!” and “Mommy!” when they desperately need us.
In Romans, Paul goes on to talk about the freedom involved in being God’s children (8:21). He relates the pains of childbirth with that of waiting for adoption:
“(we) groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we are saved. But hope that is seen is no hope
at all. Who hopes for what he already has?" (8:23, 24) The Bible sure makes adoption sound glorious! But how are orphans who have neither a mother nor a
father to relate to these verses when they are given no hope for adoption? Instead, they are still in the pains of illegitimacy, without the full rights of adoption as
sons and daughters, aliens in a foreign household and slaves to the master of the house. If the Body of Christ were truly mobilized according to James 1:27, there
would be a family available for every orphan in this world and all of the funding for it would be available. There may still be societal reasons that orphans may still
exist (being able to identify them and get them off of the streets, terminating parental rights, governments which obstruct adoptions, etc.). But Christian families
who are unwilling to adopt and churches which are unwilling to actively promote adoption should not be part of the reason why there are still orphans.
Jesus said to his disciples, "I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you." (John 14:18) Why would Jesus say such a thing? Clearly, it’s because there is
something awful about leaving children as orphans. It’s the ultimate abandonment. He also said, "And whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name
welcomes me.” (Matthew 18:5) And the Psalmist wrote: "Though my mother and father forsake me, the Lord will receive me." (27:10) The Body of Christ is to
welcome these abandoned children, to receive them into our families and to definitely not leave them as orphans. When you study the totality of Scripture on this
subject, you can see that this is the fulfillment of James 1:27. Isaiah writes that we are to "Defend the cause of the fatherless." (Isaiah 1:17) That is the
responsibility of the Church. “(F)or in you the fatherless find compassion." (Hosea 14:3b) We are to do His work.
“Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after the orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted
by the world.” If this is true, then shouldn’t looking after orphans and widows be an integral part of every church’s mission statement, and more importantly,
shouldn’t it be reflected in what we do?
For the orphans,
Rebecca Kiessling
www.rebecca@rebeccakiessling.com
“Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after the orphans . . . .” James 1:27. This verse has meant so much to me personally.
It is one of the verses in the Bible which has made me realize that orphans are a priority to God and that adoption is not second-best/last resort/only for the
infertile, but is God’s first-choice, one of His highest priorities, and meant for the Body of Christ to demonstrate the ultimate picture of His love for us. I’d like to
share a little more Scripture with you which demonstrate why adoption is so vital to the Body of Christ. I’m certain that I have just barely uncovered what God has
to say on the subject, but I hope this will be meaningful to you.
"A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling, God sets the lonely in families." (Psalm 68:5,6a) He does not set the lonely in
institutions, in orphanages, in schools, in refrigerator photos or in prayer lists. All of those things are important and have their role in the process, but God sets the
lonely in families. My children grieve and pray for other children who are left in orphanages, that they may each have a family of their own. Having been adopted
myself, with two adopted children, I cannot fathom living the life of an orphan in an orphanage, without a mother and a father -- no matter how much of a Christian
education they may be receiving. My heart not only goes out to them, but I feel I must advocate for them.
Romans 8:15 says that we won’t be slaves again to fear because we have “received a spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, ‘Abba, Father!’" In Isaiah 66:13, we
are told, “As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you.” 2 Corinthians 6:18 promises, “I will be a father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters,
says the Lord Almighty.” There is something very special about being able to be called a son or a daughter, which, for an orphan, comes only through adoption.
“In love he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will -- to the praise of his glorious grace, which he
has freely given us in the One he loves.” (Ephesians 1:5,6)
In Galatians chapters 3 and 4, Paul speaks about what this adoption is really all about and what it means to be called “sons of God” (3:26), to “receive the full
rights of sons” (4:5), and again, being able to call out, “Abba, Father” (4:6). When you are adopted with the full rights of a son, “you are no longer a slave, but a
son; and since you are a son, God has made you also an heir.” (4:7) Being adopted through Christ has meant that “we are God’s children. Now if we are God’s
children, then we are heirs – heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ.” (Romans 8:16, 17) Throughout the Bible, you will find that there is great significance in being
an heir and being eligible to receive an inheritance. It’s the difference between being a “legitimate” child or the child of a slave. “(T)he slave woman’s son will
never share in the inheritance with the free woman’s son.” (Galatians 4:30) When we adopt, we are telling our children, “All we have is yours. You are our child
forever, you belong to this family. God has a plan for you, He loves you and He set you in our family.” Our adopted children’s chores and responsibilities are not
as slaves, but as members of a family and they will reap the benefits of our collective labor with the right of inheritance. They are not just earning their keep when
they do their chores, as it is with a slave. And they can cry out “Daddy!” and “Mommy!” when they desperately need us.
In Romans, Paul goes on to talk about the freedom involved in being God’s children (8:21). He relates the pains of childbirth with that of waiting for adoption:
“(we) groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we are saved. But hope that is seen is no hope
at all. Who hopes for what he already has?" (8:23, 24) The Bible sure makes adoption sound glorious! But how are orphans who have neither a mother nor a
father to relate to these verses when they are given no hope for adoption? Instead, they are still in the pains of illegitimacy, without the full rights of adoption as
sons and daughters, aliens in a foreign household and slaves to the master of the house. If the Body of Christ were truly mobilized according to James 1:27, there
would be a family available for every orphan in this world and all of the funding for it would be available. There may still be societal reasons that orphans may still
exist (being able to identify them and get them off of the streets, terminating parental rights, governments which obstruct adoptions, etc.). But Christian families
who are unwilling to adopt and churches which are unwilling to actively promote adoption should not be part of the reason why there are still orphans.
Jesus said to his disciples, "I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you." (John 14:18) Why would Jesus say such a thing? Clearly, it’s because there is
something awful about leaving children as orphans. It’s the ultimate abandonment. He also said, "And whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name
welcomes me.” (Matthew 18:5) And the Psalmist wrote: "Though my mother and father forsake me, the Lord will receive me." (27:10) The Body of Christ is to
welcome these abandoned children, to receive them into our families and to definitely not leave them as orphans. When you study the totality of Scripture on this
subject, you can see that this is the fulfillment of James 1:27. Isaiah writes that we are to "Defend the cause of the fatherless." (Isaiah 1:17) That is the
responsibility of the Church. “(F)or in you the fatherless find compassion." (Hosea 14:3b) We are to do His work.
“Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after the orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted
by the world.” If this is true, then shouldn’t looking after orphans and widows be an integral part of every church’s mission statement, and more importantly,
shouldn’t it be reflected in what we do?
For the orphans,
Rebecca Kiessling
www.rebecca@rebeccakiessling.com
Rebecca Kiessling's Plan to Shut Down Planned Parenthood: (May 2, 2009)
1- unionize Planned Parenthood,
2- impose stringent green standards on all Planned Parenthood clinics,
3- allow trial lawyers to bring billion dollar medical malpractice suits against Planned Parenthood,
4- grant Planned Parenthood high interest mortgages that it can't afford to pay,
5- give the federal government a 40% share of Planned Parenthood,
6- get Obama to fire Planned Parenthood's strongest leaders,
7- force Planned Parenthood to hire crossdressers as pregnancy counselors,
8- give unions a 35% share of Planned Parenthood,
9- make Joe Biden the honorary spokesman for Planned Parenthood, and most importantly,
10- tell people the truth about Planned Parenthood!
Planned Parenthood will be in bankruptcy before you know it! It's been proven to work.
Wouldn't it be amazing if we actually helped to form a UAW (United Abortion Workers)? When the
abortion workers strike, they would then be the ones picketing the clinics! They'd harass and call others
"scabs" for crossing their picket lines. If there were any arrest of abortion clinic picketers, the judges
would then side with them, of course, because they're "union."
1- unionize Planned Parenthood,
2- impose stringent green standards on all Planned Parenthood clinics,
3- allow trial lawyers to bring billion dollar medical malpractice suits against Planned Parenthood,
4- grant Planned Parenthood high interest mortgages that it can't afford to pay,
5- give the federal government a 40% share of Planned Parenthood,
6- get Obama to fire Planned Parenthood's strongest leaders,
7- force Planned Parenthood to hire crossdressers as pregnancy counselors,
8- give unions a 35% share of Planned Parenthood,
9- make Joe Biden the honorary spokesman for Planned Parenthood, and most importantly,
10- tell people the truth about Planned Parenthood!
Planned Parenthood will be in bankruptcy before you know it! It's been proven to work.
Wouldn't it be amazing if we actually helped to form a UAW (United Abortion Workers)? When the
abortion workers strike, they would then be the ones picketing the clinics! They'd harass and call others
"scabs" for crossing their picket lines. If there were any arrest of abortion clinic picketers, the judges
would then side with them, of course, because they're "union."