Dianne Massey once supported the pro-abortion movement; however, an encounter with Christ 44 years ago changed her mindset, and now she fights for pro-life causes.
Massey said holding her own newborn son brought to reality the value of life and how God cherishes the unborn. For the next 44 years, Massey went on a journey that included involvement with women’s Bible studies and prayer groups at her church, volunteering with pro-life centers and most recently witnessing to clients of CENLA Pregnancy Center about her own personal journey.
The CPC honored Massey, Sept.17, by naming her “CENLA Pregnancy Center Volunteer of the Year” for 2023.
“Even though I had been a Christian, I was in an atmosphere of humanism in my early adult years,” Massey told the Baptist Message. “And I didn’t realize how much I was being affected by all of that as a social work major taught by all non-Christian professors and being in the middle of the feminism movement. But God used the holding of my new baby in my arms 44 years ago to help guide me to the path to being pro-life. And ever since then I have been committed to that.”
Seeing God work firsthand
Massey, who began volunteering at the pregnancy center four years ago, serves as the front desk receptionist on Monday mornings, one of the busiest times of the week to field calls. She also places stamps on envelopes and counts money in baby bottles that individuals, churches and businesses use to collect spare change that is donated to the center. Massey also visits young mothers to help comfort them on their journeys.
She said it has been a blessing to see, firsthand, God at work in the lives of so many women.
“This place is so special,” Massey said. “You can just feel the presence of the Holy Spirit when you come in here. I can leave behind anything in my life and I can just focus on what is happening here. I feel like it is such a blessing just to be a part of this ministry. It just has God’s hand all over it.
“I see these young women come in, sometimes teens with their moms, and they are so worried and scared and anxious as they sit there in a waiting room waiting to see one of our counselors or the nurse,” she continued. “They’re given a pregnancy test and ultrasound by the nurse. Then we continue to minister to them, and they begin to see there is hope for them — that they are truly not alone. By the time they leave, they’re smiling and laughing. That never gets old, and I see it over and over again.” Massey noted that prayer has been a driving force behind the pregnancy center.
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EDITOR’S NOTE — This story was written by Brian Blackwell and originally published by the Baptist Message.
