Anatomy of a Save In Rockford
Here is the experience of a man who opened himself up to the will of God and the Holy Spirit used him to save a baby.
By Bob Whalen
I feel compelled to share this story. It is in regard to Spiritual oppression and Spiritual warfare that are occurring now.
On a clear, dry, mid west Saturday morning, I was at home “Bee Bopping’ ” at the house just back from a business trip. Some chores to catch up on and family time to engage in. Out of the beautiful blue, and without any precursor, God’s Voice came to me. HE said” ON TUESDAY, YOU WILL SAVE A BABY.” That was it…no further instructions! I waited for more, but no words of detail came. I was struck by the power in HIS words to me. OK, what now? I pray at the Rockford abortion mill, and at the time, Ragsdale was the abortionist. He killed babies on Tuesdays and Fridays. So I knew where I was to be, but how…and who???
What occurred immediately was a strong sense of foreboding, and a dark and negative feeling.
Why me? Who am I to save a baby? There are others much more worthy than I. No matter how profound these feeling were, I had no doubt of GOD’s Words to me. Saturday became a day of intense emotional conflict in a spiritual sense. How do I do this? Why didn’t GOD tell me more?
I reasoned that Sunday services at Holy Family would be an appropriate place for HIM to lay it all out for me. HE would tell me more detail and spell out for me what I was to do and who it was to save and how to approach the situation. That thought got me through the dark spiritual clouds of that Saturday. With apprehension, my wife and kids piled into the car with me and to church we went. I told my wife what GOD had said. She is very supportive of me. It was clear to me however, this was a singular event that involved me and me alone.
Well, there I sat on Sunday, hearing only the Mass. Not a word of explanation or encouragement. I heard constant negative thoughts of powerlessness, weakness, and anger. There was constant turmoil throughout this weekend.
I belong to a group of dear Christians whom I met during my first retreat at Holy Family 2 years earlier. We met every Monday evening for Bible study and fellowship. I longed for the 6PM meeting Monday night for some sort of understanding what was occurring to me. I told the group what GOD said to me. We prayed for strength and they prayed over me, laying hands upon me. That was a most wonderful feeling. It did not dispel the feelings of doom and angst.
Those feeling were constant. I have never felt such negative oppression before. Not for this long or this intensity. It is difficult to describe these feelings, quite literally, I at times felt as if I were walking to my gallows!
Tuesday morning arrived very cold and early. Sleep had been fitful all weekend and I felt so exhausted. What occurred next was startling. I felt a presence upon me and I could not get out of bed. As strange as this sounds, I had a weight upon my chest that would not allow me to sit up. I remember struggling to reach out my right hand and I said these words…” Dear Angel please help me get up” and the weight VAPORIZED. Yes, that fast. I had snapped up out of bed in truly a blink of an eye. I was on my toes finally after days of oppression. I quickly found that the oppression did not end with my getting out of bed. “What’s the hurry?” began to resound in my thoughts. Those “OTHER” Christians (the thoughts were in a mocking tone) will be there…they always are. What can you do…don’t speed, you might get a ticket… a litany of excuses to not go to the abortion mill.
I live several miles away from the mill. I have time to pray a Rosary while I drive. I did so with difficulty this morning. The entire time foreboding, inadequacy, fear was riding along with me.
As I turned the corner at 10th and Broadway, I saw that there was no one there. Those “OTHER” Christians were missing. The driveway was unattended. As I parked my car and hurried to the abortion mill entrance armed only with my Rosary and Faith, I saw a black SUV parked in the back of the mill parking lot. Was I already too late? Just as I reached the driveway where we stand and call out to the moms and dads, a car drives in. I call out to the mom in the car and appeal to her. I give a caring thought to her, I plead for the life of her baby. Yet she went in.
We have only a short time to speak with the moms going in. Brief seconds to speak a sentence or a thought to offer, so that they may change their mind and not kill their child. The mill set up only allows this most short time due to the fences and barricades. As I absorb the loss of that mom and baby, another car zips in quickly followed by another. Each time a sentence or loving thought is offered to the mom and dad, different from the last, but from the heart. Three cars have just pulled in and I am alone in the cold morning air at the abortion mill. Car number four now pulls in and I again plead for the life of the baby. I offer help. I plead for the life of the child. With only a precious moment to dissuade the parents at this terrible place, I reach out to them in those most intense seconds to spare the life of their baby. But they go into the abortion mill.
“My God, My God, I am failing you” I say to myself as I am overwhelmed by the loss of life of the babies entering the mill. At that exact moment, the sound of an engine starting breaks the icy silence. It is the engine of the black SUV in the parking lot. Mom, Dad, and Baby. Their window was down just a few inches. They heard all four pleadings, all four loving thoughts and sentences. While I called out to each of the four moms, they heard each call to save the life of their baby. I did not know they were there. Dad drove out of the abortion mill with mom and baby. I never saw them again. Their baby is now nine years 
old. Praise God in all HIS wondrous works. Praise to GOD in HIS love for us all.
old. Praise God in all HIS wondrous works. Praise to GOD in HIS love for us all. All Praise and Glory to our GOD!
With Humility,
Bob Whalen of Rockford
This is such a blessed story
Sun, 07/04/2010 - 11:05am — Randy (not verified)This is such a blessed story in so many ways. One of the wonderful things about it is this is only the beginning of the story. God willing......... The baby will be born... She will grow and be loved.... She will have friends and go to school.... She will play sports and games... She will have problems and overcome them.... She will love her parents and her parents will love her.... She will make a diffrence in this world... She will go to college.... She will fall in love and have her own family... All because one man answered God's call to stand up for LIFE!!!!!
Dear Bob, May God bless you
Sun, 07/04/2010 - 11:17am — Joseph Clausen (not verified)Dear Bob,
May God bless you for being open to the Holy Spirit. It must not have been easy but the things that are most needed in this world are not easy.
Your story has given me a lot to think about. Thank you for being a "voice in the wilderness."
Graces and blessing upon you, your family, the family who chose life, and all the pro-lifers in the world.
Joe
BOB - YOU HAVE THE FAITH OF
Sun, 07/04/2010 - 11:29am — 40 days prayer partner (not verified)BOB - YOU HAVE THE FAITH OF ONE OF THE SEVENTY-TWO AND BY THE GRACE OF GOD SATAN FELL LIKE LIGHTNING FROM THE SKY AND A CHILD WAS SAVED. 'The kingdom of God is at hand for you.' Whatever town you enter and they do not receive you, go out into the streets and say, 'The dust of your town that clings to our feet, even that we shake off against you.' Yet know this: the kingdom of God is at hand. I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom on that day than for that town. The seventy-two returned rejoicing, and said, "Lord, even the demons are subject to us because of your name." Jesus said, "I have observed Satan fall like lightning from the sky. Behold, I have given you the power 'to tread upon serpents' and scorpions and upon the full force of the enemy and nothing will harm you. Nevertheless, do not rejoice because the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice because your names are written in heaven." AND THAT ROCKFORD ABORTION MILL WILL ONE DAY MEET THE JUSTICE OF THE LORD BECAUSE OF THE BABIES THEY HAVE KILLED.
If more of us, and that means
Sun, 07/04/2010 - 11:38am — JoAnn (not verified)If more of us, and that means me at the top of the list, would follow God's call like Bob did then the murder of so many babies in the womb would come to an end and that demon inspired, God mocking, child killing abortion center in Rockford would close. Please God give us the virtues of faith, hope, and love so we may love you and every person in need in our city. AMEN!
Life is short-and death is
Sun, 07/04/2010 - 1:10pm — Gerald (not verified)Life is short-and death is sure,- The hour of death remains obscure. A soul you have-an only one If that be lost all hope is gone.- Waste not your time-while time shall last- For after death-'tis ever past.- The all-seeing God-your Judge will be- Or heaven or hell-your destiny. All earthly things-will fleet away. Eternity-will ever stay. At Rockford's abortion mill they kill with great skill, - no matter if they use a razor sharp knife or deadly pill. But because Christians like Bob answer the call, - At least a few children escape the burial pall. And in the end eternal life shall be a gift of God's love for Bob and and everone else who serves thee....
ED: Simple great! Thank you.
When Bob said, “My God,
Sun, 07/04/2010 - 1:20pm — Pat (not verified)When Bob said, “My God, My God, I am failing you” God said, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Because Bob didn't give up God could work through him and a person is alive today. Rockford pro-lifers please never give up!
Bob Whalen you are such a
Sun, 07/04/2010 - 1:38pm — MaryAnonymous (not verified)Bob Whalen you are such a gift to the prolife movement and for so many years you have been faithful to come down and call out to the girls with such a loving and strong message of hope. We treasure you and this is for you:
When the time comes, as it surely will, when we face that awesome moment, the final judgment, I've often thought as Fulton Sheen wrote, that is is a terrible moment of loneliness. You have no advocates, you are there alone standing before God - and a terror will rip your soul like nothing you can imagine. But I really think that those in the prolife movement will not be alone. I think there'll be a chorus of voices that have never been heard in this world but are heard beautifully and clearly in the next world - and they will plead for everyone who has been in this movement. They will say to God, "Spare him because he loved us" Congressman Henry Hyde
Nothing drives satan away
Sun, 07/04/2010 - 1:45pm — Erin Vanderow (not verified)Nothing drives satan away more than a person like Bob who overcomes and stays faithful and true to Jesus Christ. It may be because there are so many people like Bob who are now praying at this mill that satan is being driven away and the number of murdered babies continues to go down.
From the crib to the cross to
Sun, 07/04/2010 - 2:11pm — Rich (not verified)From the crib to the cross to His presence in us now all we have received from Christ is love. It is heartining to hear of people like Bob who return that love.
The mystery of love. Bob's
Sun, 07/04/2010 - 8:10pm — Kathy (not verified)The mystery of love. Bob's love for God and people he has never even met saved a childs life.
I am so amazed every time I
Mon, 07/05/2010 - 9:13am — Agnes (not verified)I am so amazed every time I read these life and death stories on prolife corner. The saintly love of so many Christians and the demonic hatred for Christ and life by those inside the mill is truly the great battle between good and evil of our time.
I think the thing Bob's story shows us is this battle is played out not so much in the public sphere as it is won or lost in the hearts of women and men. In the heart of Bob and so many of you the love of God, the self-sacrificing service of neighbor and the gift of self to Jesus Christ and life are winning the day.
Mother Teresa said, "Any
Mon, 07/05/2010 - 9:34am — Jackie Zimmerman (not verified)Mother Teresa said, "Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching its people to love, but to use violence to get what they want. That is why the greatest destroyer of love and peace is abortion"
Bob and ALL of you pro-lifers not only do you work to save lives but you are teaching the world what it means to love. Thank you and may the peace of Christ be with you.
Nine years of life and love
Mon, 07/05/2010 - 11:19am — Greg (not verified)Nine years of life and love and a future full of hope is what a pro-lifer and God offered this couple.
A lifetime of heartbreak and loss is all NIWC offers.
Pro-lifers keep praying, keep
Mon, 07/05/2010 - 11:55am — Helen L (not verified)Pro-lifers keep praying, keep standing for life, keep publishing the truth about what is happening, Keep calling out to and offering help to mothers, keep trusting in God, keep working together in the Holy spirit. Because Christ is present with you and in you every step of the way.
Wonderful story.
Tue, 07/06/2010 - 8:29am — Denise (not verified)Wonderful story.
"The harvest is abundant but
Tue, 07/06/2010 - 8:59am — Kala G. (not verified)"The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest."
Bob answered the call........will we? Pray at home, at church, at work but pray for an end to abortion and the end of Rockford's demonic and horrific killing center....and these prayers will be answered according to God's will in God's time....but they will be answered.
O Jesus, through the
Tue, 07/06/2010 - 1:47pm — M.M. (not verified)O Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer you my prayers, works, joys, and suffering of this day in union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world. I offer them for all the intentions of Your Sacred Heart: the salvation of souls, reparation for sins, the reunion of all Christians; I offer them for the end of the bloody murder of children at 1400 Broadway in Rockford and in particular that we as a city love both mothers and children.
Women 'Must Be Prepared to
Tue, 07/06/2010 - 4:19pm — Kay D (not verified)Women 'Must Be Prepared to Kill' Unborn Children to Protect Autonomy: Times Writer LONDON, U.K., July 6, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) -
After contemplating the immense mysteries of human life and sacrificial love in comparison to a woman's "right to fertility control," a writer for the Times of London concludes that attempts by pro-aborts to dismiss the life of an unborn child are a "convenient lie" hiding the fact that, "Yes, abortion is killing.” “But,” she concludes, “it's the lesser evil." Columnist Antonia Senior in a June 30 column (available by subscription only) says that, despite the fact that the abortion debate hinges upon whether the unborn child is a unique life or not, women who wish to assert the cause of their freedom from male domination "must be prepared to kill for it." Senior begins by linking the cause of abortion to that of religious martyrs. “Cradle Tower at the Tower of London is an interactive display that asks visitors to vote on whether they would die for a cause,” she says. "Standing where religious martyrs were held and tortured in Britain’s turbulent reformation, I could think of one cause I would stake my life on: a woman’s right to be educated, to have a life beyond the home and to be allowed by law and custom to order her own life as she chooses. "And that includes complete control over her own fertility." However, she admits that her "absolutist position” has been “under siege" since she gave birth to her own child. She notes how "having a baby paints the world an entirely different hue" by revealing the underlying selfishness in what at first appears to be courageous self-affirmation. Senior gives the example of Leo Tolstoy’s adulterous heroine Anna Karenina in the book by the same title, writing: “If you read the book as a teenager, you back her choices with all the passion of youth. Love over convention, go Anna! Then you have children and realise that Anna abandons her son to shack up with a pretty soldier, and then her daughter when she jumps under a train. She becomes a selfish witch.” Senior then launches into discussing abortion, which she says "hinges on the notion of life," no matter what other arguments or tactics are employed. "Either a foetus is a life from conception, or it is not,” she notes. Senior then admits that: "What seems increasingly clear to me is that, in the absence of an objective definition, a foetus is a life by any subjective measure. My daughter was formed at conception, and all the barely understood alchemy that turned the happy accident of that particular sperm meeting that particular egg into my darling, personality-packed toddler took place at that moment. She is so unmistakably herself, her own person — forged in my womb, not by my mothering. "Any other conclusion is a convenient lie that we on the pro-choice side of the debate tell ourselves to make us feel better about the action of taking a life. "That little seahorse shape floating in a willing womb is a growing miracle of life. In a resentful womb it is not a life, but a foetus — and thus killable." This fact, she says, leaves feminism with a "problem," to which she attributes the "groundswell" of young pro-life feminists. But, she insists, "you cannot separate women’s rights from their right to fertility control." "The single biggest factor in women’s liberation was our newly found ability to impose our will on our biology." She concludes therefore that, "As ever, when an issue we thought was black and white becomes more nuanced, the answer lies in choosing the lesser evil” – in this case in choosing "the expectation of a life unburdened by misogyny," which she suggests can only be achieved through abortion. Hence, she says, "The nearly 200,000 aborted babies in the UK each year are the lesser evil, no matter how you define life, or death, for that matter. If you are willing to die for a cause, you must be prepared to kill for it, too."
Kay, that is sad beyond words
Tue, 07/06/2010 - 7:07pm — Robert (not verified)Kay, that is sad beyond words but as long as we have Christ we have hope.
"Why art thou cast down, O my
Wed, 07/07/2010 - 2:08pm — Cindy (not verified)"Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance." (Psalm 42:5)
This expression ("O my soul") is not used here by the psalmist as a trite exclamation, but as a plea of heart-searching introspection, concerned over the dark depression that was about to settle over him because of the oppressions of his enemies like the Rockford mill murdering children or mocking God(Psalm 43:2).
The question is asked three times by him in these two short psalms (Psalm 42:5,11; 43:5), and each time he answers himself: "Hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him." We know the evil will end in Rockford because God is our hope.
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