I want for nothing, yet so many are starving, without jobs, a roof over their heads or someone to care for them. I often forget that I live in luxury compare to so many around the world. People struggle to live on pennies, to find food, clothing, shoes etc. I am reminded that my voice can be heard, and yet some people, even children, are given no voice whatsoever.
Our church has just begun a partnership with Love 146, an organization working to end child sex slavery, exploitation and trafficking. According to their web site- “2 children are sold every minute,” and “UNICEF now believes that the number of children trafficked annually is 1.2 million.” Love 146 is working to end this through aftercare and prevention, going directly into southeast asia. One of our pastors recently took a trip and saw these brothels where children are forced to “work.” It breaks my heart to think of children as young as 7 and 8 being sold, pinned with a number, then made to “serve” up to 20 clients a day. It’s something we don’t want to think about, it’s something I want to say doesn’t happen, but the truth is, it does.
I often find that I distance myself from things like this. Why? Because I cannot imagine the possibility of it and because I ask myself what can I really do about it? These social injustices sometimes feel so big and numerous, and I feel so small. I realize there are a lot of things I can do right now- support, pray, raise awareness. I know this is not an uplifting topic, but this burden is too heavy for one to carry alone. The organization needs our support, these children need our love.
Check out the Love 146 web site- watch the media videos- and pray for the millions of children, and others, being exploited and trafficked around the world.
4 comments:
such a geat reminder, friend. good for me to read this morning.
What a burden on our hearts, indeed!!! But something we can't ignore. I'm so thankful to be a part of such a wonderful group of people who care so much and thank you for this post!
I will check it out.
I think I like to distance myself from these things becasue deep down I know I'm not willing to do enough to make a difference. You know - if we really let it sink in how could we ever sleep?
Those babies deserve more. If it were my babies I'd want people, even if they were a world away, to try and help - no matter the cost.
Thanks for reminding us of the great need for Christians to help the least of these throughout the world.
First off, this post is awesome. It is really heartbreaking to know that this is going on and it seems as though very little is being done about it. Great organization.
Now, to answer your other questions. I L-0-V-E my Dyson. We did not find a deal, and I assume that the only way to get good deals is around Christmas time when the stores run their sales and send out extra coupons in their flyers -- as long as dyson isn't excluded. Secondly, if it wasn't 100 bucks more, I would have liked to have had the bigger more powerful one. We opted for the smaller one, which serves my purposes and still is a lot better than the old one. The feature I love is that the beater bar can be turned off to clean hard floors.
And about white poop. It is very wierd and it smells worse than anything that has ever exited Hailey's body.
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