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This months Blog On Freedom and restoration for everyone enslaved
Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will
fall to the ground apart from your Father. But even the hairs of your head are
all numbered. Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows. .( Matthew 10:29-31)
This months Blog On Freedom and restoration for everyone enslaved
Worth
Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will
fall to the ground apart from your Father. But even the hairs of your head are
all numbered. Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows. .( Matthew 10:29-31)
“Can a
woman forget her nursing child, and not have compassion on
the son of her womb? Surely they may forget,
yet I will not forget you” (Isaiah
49:15).
Unwanted, a burden,
another mouth to feed
Left out, fed up,
searching for more,
Lies in your head,
you’ll never succeed.
Hollywood glamor, MTV
hype
Grasping for smoke
and mirrors,
Or something telling
you you’re worth the fight.
Promises whispered in
sultry tone,
New shoes, new
identity, his sugar girl.
Trading all that is
precious for rhinestone.
Bate, hook and line,
The lure lowered down,
Offered by a sheep
covered swine.
Sight can only see
right now
To be desired and
offered love
Unaware of plans to
become his cash cow
The treachery so slow
and slick
Showered with
attention,
But tomorrow asked to
turn trick.
The slippery slope
getting slicker still
The rapes and
beatings the start
Climbing out like
going backwards uphill.
Free will to do only as
he pleases
No money, no escape, plenty
of fear
Life stolen, tattered
to pieces
If only someone were
to care
If only, the whisper
of hearts
If only there was
help from this nightmare.
We all have been designed with eternity set in our hearts,
to be part of a larger picture, to be swept up in strong arms, known and loved.
And yet somewhere along the way the story gets, fuzzy, cloudy or sometimes
ripped away. So many young ladies (and boys too) have become prey to “wolves in
sheep’s clothing.” Not all sex trafficking victims stories are as pictured in
the poem above but many times it is the most vulnerable that are lured in. We
as the body of Christ can be the “someone’s to care”. We are commanded as
believers to love the least of these, to set the captives free. And those who
are being Sex trafficked are the captives. So what are we to do, how do we stop a
multibillion dollar industry? We become
more aware and stop seeing child Prostitutes and begin to see victims, we begin
to use our influence and educate our communities, we reach out to the
marginalized, speaking life and hope into the least of these, building
relationships that can speak true identity. Those who foster and adopt with the love of Christ
can become a new landing place for many. Working with youth and offering honest
hope and relationship can become another landing pad to stopping the vulnerable
from sliding into treachery. We the body can become advocates against pornography,
an insidious way of life, that has taught our boys to become detached and void
of empathy for our girls, we can mentor and come along side our young men and
talk about true manhood. But what about the ones it’s “too late “for, the ones
who have been lured in and sold a false narrative only to wake up to the
realities of being told they are worth less than nothing? We can support local
organizations that are currently advocating for victims, we can raise money for
safe houses where those that are rescued could go and find help and safety. We can be on our knee’s praying that sex
trafficking is stopped and that our vulnerable youth will know their true
worth. We cannot just sit by but must rise up as the church in action.
“Now then, we
are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us” (2 Corinthians 5:20)
Below are some statistics and interesting reads as well as
links to places to lend your support for funds for a home here in Berks County PA
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“Studies estimate that at least 60 percent of victims of child sex trafficking come from the child
welfare system, and the majority of them have extensive histories of sexual and
physical abuse prior to ever being trafficked. Seventy-eight percent of all prostitution arrests are girls, and 52 percent of
all juvenile arrests for prostitution are African-American girls. Instead of
being recognized as victims of crime and given the services and support
necessary to heal from their trauma, these children are neglected, dismissed,
ignored, and—in the worst cases—criminalized.”
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