A Boy's Best Friend Is His Womb

When I lived in NYC I was fairly active from time to time in the Women's Movement. Well, let me clarify that. I don't believe there is anything so monolithic as the Women's Movement; I also believe the Gay Agenda is a myth, for the same reason. Sadly, I think the Extreme Right gives right-thinking people too much credit for being able to organize, strategize and remain focused for the long term. But I joined in some of fairly exciting pitched battles, and I'm proud of that. Also, I know some men who describe themselves as feminists, but frankly they give me the creeps. I helped out. But I wasn't surprised when I got a mailing from one of the groups I worked with inviting to attend a workshop on speculum self-examination. I have to admit I was intrigued, and I even called my mother and asked her advice. Wise, as always. "Well, why don't you go and see what they can find?" Always approached everything with an open mind.

So for this Mother's Day, I'm reprinting this prayer from Nancy Campbell's Protect Your Womb! I only wish I had the imagination to make this stuff up.

Dear Father, I come to you in Jesus' name. I confess I have not received my womb as a gift from You. I have ignored the power of my womb and my womanly functions. I repent. Please forgive me and cleanse me in Jesus' name.

Lord, I accept my womb as a gift from You. I accept the way You created me. I embrace it. I want to fulfill Your purposes for me as a woman.

In the name of Your Son, Jesus Christ, I renounce all negative words, even jokingly, that I have spoken about my womb, about menstruation, about pregnancy and about my womanly functions. I renounce any curse that has been placed upon my womb or reproductive organs from my parents, grandparents or great grandparents on both sides of my family.

I ask that You will now cleanse my womb and cover it with your blessing. I receive your blessing in the name of Jesus. Amen.