A Childless Father Who Has a Son June 12, 2018
Posted by Dr. Robert Owens in Religion, Uncategorized.Tags: abortion, Dr. Robert Owens, fathers of aborted babies, right to choose, right to life
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I am blessed. My wife gave me a son. He was hers before he was mine. Then he became ours. In my heart he is always mine and I feel as if I am his Dad. But it often feels like a homerun record with an asterisk, an almost. You see, I’m a step-father. That’s as close as I will ever come to experiencing the life of a father and for that I am forever thankful to God for I am a childless father who has a son.
I know the pride of watching my son play little league. Together we experienced the joy of victory and the agony of defeat. I encouraged him to play music. I helped with homework. I watched him march in band. I raced against the stop lights time after time to make it to events and meetings with teachers, doctor’s appointments, and birthdays. I watched him graduate grade school after driving him from one town to another so he could remain in the same school with his friends after we moved. I blessed God when he graduated high school and earned scholarships to college. I was happy when he chose the girl my wife and I prayed for long before we ever met her, enjoyed being the father of the groom, and I love my grandchildren with all my heart. I am truly blessed. My wife gave me a son.
But there are four other children I have never known. Four other children blood of my blood and bone of my bone that I never had the chance to know.
These are my aborted children.
They were aborted without my consent, told by the women involved and the courts that it was none of my business, murdered within the law, slaughtered beyond the pale. They are still alive within my heart.
Let me say in defense of the women who aborted my children, before I gave my life to Christ I was a snake. As a matter of fact I’ve always said that before I was saved snakes would cross the street when they saw me coming. I was a drug addicted; drunken scheming dreamer convinced I should be something I wasn’t and equally convince I wasn’t what I was.
Any young woman who learned they were pregnant and that I was the father could not be blamed for deciding I was a waste of space, a self-indulgent loser, and a disaster as a potential father. And although none of the three young women involved ever told me why they aborted my children, that’s what I have always thought was my addition to the equation.
Once I gave my life to Christ. Once I sobered up, straightened out, and stood in the light of His love I knew he forgave me for any part I played in the deaths of these innocent children. I know He forgives everyone who lays their sins at the foot of the cross.
Over the years He has ministered to my heart, my spirit, and my soul as I have cried tears for who could have been. I am healed for when He said, “It is finished,” sin was defeated. When He rose from the grave life conquered death, and since He ascended into heaven where He took His place at the right hand of the Father together we all live in Him. I am healed.
But there is not a day I don’t miss those children. There is not a day I don’t think of what might have been. There is not a day that I don’t imagine seeing them in Him.
I struggle sometimes knowing that two of the women who aborted my children later had other children. They’ve had an experience they took from me. I don’t begrudge them the joy of parenting. I have forgiven them. But sometimes I’m jealous of what they have and of what I shall never have and for this I repent. I also struggle sometimes watching other women I know have had abortions and later had children. I know God has forgiven them. I don’t have anything against them but at times I struggle with my own emotions.
All of this is the burden of this forgotten father. I was forgotten in the decision to abort my children. I have been forgotten in all the years since.
I may be forgotten but I cannot forget.
My children died. Four lost lives in the American holocaust of millions. They are four souls whose blood cries out to God, four cracks in my broken heart, four children of God I long to know, four tears I shall cry till the day we meet.
A step-father is like a used shoe. It may look good, it may wear well, and at time it may even feel good. But it’s still a used shoe.
However my step-son may feel about me I know how I feel about him. He is my son. I may have lost four but I have gained one. I am blessed. My wife gave me a son.
Dr. Owens teaches History, Political Science, and Religion. He is the Historian of the Future @ http://drrobertowens.com © 2018 Contact Dr. Owens drrobertowens@hotmail.com Follow Dr. Robert Owens on Facebook or Twitter @ Drrobertowens or visit Dr. Owens Amazon Page / Edited by Dr. Rosalie Owens
Dr. Owens’ Next Book Signing Event May 5, 2018
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When:
Saturday May 5 9 AM – 5 PM
Sunday May 6 10 AM – 3 PM
Where:
Birch Run Expo Center
11600 N Beyer Rd
Birch Run, MI 48415
Bring in a book to be signed or purchase one new. All ten of Dr. Owens’ titles will be available. His books include: Two novels –America’s Trojan War, and a sequel America’s Odyssey: You Can’t Go Home Again. Three books on Political Science: The Constitution Failed, Constitutional Philosophy in Action, and Then Came Trump. Four History Books: America Vol. One: Colonial History, The Azusa Street Revival, The More Things Change the More They Stay the Same (describes how the elites in America use presidential assassinations to create and sustain a secular political religion), and America Won the Vietnam War! And a book on Leadership: COGIC History: The Dark Years. All of these books are available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle.
Dr. Owens’ Next Book Signing Event May 2, 2018
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When:
Saturday May 5 9 AM – 5 PM
Sunday May 6 10 AM – 3 PM
Where:
Birch Run Expo Center
11600 N Beyer Rd
Birch Run, MI 48415
Bring in a book to be signed or purchase one new. All ten of Dr. Owens’ titles will be available. His books include: Two novels –America’s Trojan War, and a sequel America’s Odyssey: You Can’t Go Home Again. Three books on Political Science: The Constitution Failed, Constitutional Philosophy in Action, and Then Came Trump. Four History Books: America Vol. One: Colonial History, The Azusa Street Revival, The More Things Change the More They Stay the Same (describes how the elites in America use presidential assassinations to create and sustain a secular political religion), and America Won the Vietnam War! And a book on Leadership: COGIC History: The Dark Years. All of these books are available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle.
Dr. Owens’ Next Book Signing Event April 23, 2018
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When:
Saturday April 28 9 AM – 5 PM
Sunday April 29 9 AM – 4 PM
Where:
Denver Mart
Pavilion Building
451 E 58th Ave
Denver, CO 80216
Bring in a book to be signed or purchase one new. All ten of Dr. Owens’ titles will be available. His books include: Two novels –America’s Trojan War, and a sequel America’s Odyssey: You Can’t Go Home Again. Three books on Political Science: The Constitution Failed, Constitutional Philosophy in Action, and Then Came Trump. Four History Books: America Vol. One: Colonial History, The Azusa Street Revival, The More Things Change the More They Stay the Same (describes how the elites in America use presidential assassinations to create and sustain a secular political religion), and America Won the Vietnam War! And a book on Leadership: COGIC History: The Dark Years. All of these books are available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle.
Dr. Owens’ Next Book Signing Event April 13, 2018
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When:
Friday April 13 5 PM – 9 PM
Saturday April 14 9 AM – 5 PM
Sunday April 15 9 AM – 3PM
Where:
Iowa State Fairgrounds / 4-H Building
3000 E Grand Ave
Des Moines, IA
Bring in a book to be signed or purchase one new. All ten of Dr. Owens’ titles will be available. His books include: Two novels –America’s Trojan War, and a sequel America’s Odyssey: You Can’t Go Home Again. Three books on Political Science: The Constitution Failed, Constitutional Philosophy in Action, and Then Came Trump. Four History Books: America Vol. One: Colonial History, The Azusa Street Revival, The More Things Change the More They Stay the Same (describes how the elites in America use presidential assassinations to create and sustain a secular political religion), and America Won the Vietnam War! And a book on Leadership: COGIC History: The Dark Years. All of these books are available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle.
Dr. Owens’ Book Next Signing Event April 2, 2018
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When: Saturday April 7 8 AM – 2 PM
Sunday April 8 8 AM – 2 PM
Where: QCCA Expo Center
2621 4th Ave
Rock Island, IL 61201
Bring in a book to be signed or purchase one new. All ten of Dr. Owens’ titles will be available. His books include: Two novels –America’s Trojan War, and a sequel America’s Odyssey: You Can’t Go Home Again. Three books on Political Science: The Constitution Failed, Constitutional Philosophy in Action, and Then Came Trump. Three History Books: America Vol. One: Colonial History, The Azusa Street Revival, and America Won the Vietnam War! And a book on Leadership: COGIC History: The Dark Years. All of these books are available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle.
Dr. Owens’ Next Book Signing Event March 19, 2018
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When: Friday March 23 4 PM – 9 PM
Saturday March 24 9 AM – 5 PM
Sunday March 25 9 AM – 3 PM
Where: Sergeant Bluff Community Center
903 Topaz Dr
Sergeant Bluff, IA 51054
Bring in a book to be signed or purchase one new. All ten of Dr. Owens’ titles will be available. His books include: Two novels –America’s Trojan War, and a sequel America’s Odyssey: You Can’t Go Home Again. Three books on Political Science: The Constitution Failed, Constitutional Philosophy in Action, and Then Came Trump. Three History Books: America Vol. One: Colonial History, The Azusa Street Revival, and America Won the Vietnam War! And a book on Leadership: COGIC History: The Dark Years. All of these books are available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle.
Dr. Owens’ Book Signing Event March 16, 2018
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When: Saturday March 10 9 AM – 5 PM
Sunday March 11 9 AM – 4 PM
Where: Survival & Green Living Expo
Lake County Fairgrounds
1060 East Peterson Rd
Grayslake, Illinois 60030
Bring in a book to be signed or purchase one new. All ten of Dr. Owens’ titles will be available. His books include: Two novels –America’s Trojan War, and a sequel America’s Odyssey: You Can’t Go Home Again. Three books on Political Science: The Constitution Failed, Constitutional Philosophy in Action, and Then Came Trump. Three History Books: America Vol. One: Colonial History, The Azusa Street Revival, and America Won the Vietnam War! And a book on Leadership: COGIC History: The Dark Years. All of these books are available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle.
Dr. Owens’ Book Signing Event March 12, 2018
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When: Saturday March 17 9 AM – 5 PM
Sunday March 18 9 AM – 4 PM
Where: Survival & Green Living Expo
Lake County Fairgrounds
1060 East Peterson Rd
Grayslake, Illinois 60030
Bring in a book to be signed or purchase one new. All ten of Dr. Owens’ titles will be available. His books include: Two novels –America’s Trojan War, and a sequel America’s Odyssey: You Can’t Go Home Again. Three books on Political Science: The Constitution Failed, Constitutional Philosophy in Action, and Then Came Trump. Three History Books: America Vol. One: Colonial History, The Azusa Street Revival, and America Won the Vietnam War! And a book on Leadership: COGIC History: The Dark Years. All of these books are available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle.
Days Rush By and Then They’re Gone February 27, 2018
Posted by Dr. Robert Owens in Uncategorized.Tags: Age, Dr. Robert Owens, growing old
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A wise man once said,
“Once I was young and now I am old.”
The young act as if youth is some clever thing they secretly discovered.
Guilty as charged is all I can say.
We have hours to kill but not a moment to spare.
Days rush by and then they’re gone.
They’re gone and then forgotten.
Who remembers the sound of the rooster’s crow?
Who remembers the beauty of the crone?
Who remembers the hair of the bald?
Who remembers the youth of the old?
Days rush by and then they’re gone.
One moment you’re the youngest one in the crowd
Suddenly you’re the oldest person in the room.
Defiantly we say, “I can’t respect someone just because they’re old!”
Then we wonder why “These kids” don’t show us any respect.
Days rush by and then they’re gone.
Dust in the wind
Flowers in bloom
A joy filled sunny day
A wise man once said,
“Growing old is not for the faint of heart.”
Days rush by and then they’re gone.
Dr. Owens teaches History, Political Science, and Religion. He is the Historian of the Future @ http://drrobertowens.com © 2018 Contact Dr. Owens drrobertowens@hotmail.com Follow Dr. Robert Owens on Facebook or Twitter @ Drrobertowens or visit Dr. Owens Amazon Page / Edited by Dr. Rosalie Owens
