Her Choice to Heal: Finding Spiritual and Emotional Peace After

Published: 2009 David C. Cook Publishing
Updated and Expanded Version

From the Publisher:

We can debate abortion all we want, but the fact remains: there is pain involved in abortion. Much more than just a work on forgiveness, this is a much needed handbook for identifying the characteristics of post-abortion syndrome, as well as a spiritual resource for coming to terms with your situation and finding hope. This is a touching story that begins in pain and ends in healing. Readers will learn that spiritual and emotional healing is not only possible, it is God's way of restoring us.

About the Author

Sydna Masse formerly managed Focus on the Family's Crisis Pregnancy Ministry. She is president and founder of Ramah International, Inc., a post-abortion ministry. She and her family live in Englewood Florida.

Book Description

What do 33% of American women have in common? They've experienced aborrtion.

You might be one of these women. Or maybe it's your friend, sister, coworker, or the woman sitting next to you at church. Regardless, post-abortive women are in pain, but you may never know. Many are silent because they are filled with shame, grief, and guilt, and they're afraid of judgment and condemnation. Few realize that peace is attainable through Christ.

Written by a post-abortvie woman, Her Choice to Heal includes testimonies of strength, healing, and hope. Sydna Masse compassionately leads women on the difficult journey through denial, anger, and grief, to forgiveness, redemption and letting go. Women will find a roadmap to healing with practical suggestions and resources for help, as well as the encouragement and hope found in Christ alone.

Book Endorsements

"For women who suffer from the emotional aftermath of abortion, Her Choice to Heal is a wellspring of healing waters. This is not a book to be read, but a book to be experienced. With deep empathy, Sydna Masse offers hope to those women who suffer from the emotional pain following an abortion. She points the way to healing through Christ."

Gary D. Chapman, author of The Five Love Languages and Love as a Way of Life.

"God is using Sydna Masse's wounds to help heal the many women in this church who are suffering from the pain of abortion. Her Choice to Heal is an astonishing work of depth, sensitivity, compassion and practical advice."

Gary Thomas, author of Sacred Marriage

"Her Choice to Heal is a rare tool in helping women who are struggling with the pain that often follows an abortion decision. Through Meier Clinics, we are increasingly coming into contact with post-abortive men and women who need direct ministry in grieving these children and coming to a point of peace through God's redemptive love. This book is a great tool to help these clients understand the system we employ in processing this pain and move forward in embracing the healing that God provides."

Paul Meier, MD, founder of Meier Clinics

"The word abortion brings jugment, shame, heartache, and defensiveness to the surface. The war regarding abortion is intense and dark and is seldom addressed with the clarity, compassion and conviction of God's mercy as found in this excellent book. Sydna Masse has offered those who have experienced abortion firsthand and those who love them a wise and kind path for healing. She is honest, hopeful, and passionately convinced that the love of God is stronger than death, and transformation surer than shame. I am profoundly grateful for this labor of love."

Dan B. Allendar, PhD, president and professor of Counseling Psychology, Mars Hill Graduate School and author of The Wounded Heart and The Healing Path