A voice for the voiceless
A few years ago Loren (founder of ywam)was asked the question, "What will be the greatest global challenge as we enter the 21st Century?" You may think of war, terrorism, famine, AIDS and a number of other colossal needs, which all surely qualify. But among the most serious issue is gender injustice-the abuse and suppression of women. Why? Because it is the biggest,most far reaching and most hidden. The Church needs to take a stand, the Church needs to raise its voice,the Church needs to pray and act, because God's heart breaks over gender injustice.
Read the following true story and weep with Jesus:
Her family needed food and Prema's father had few other options. She was the eldest daughter, beautiful, and at eleven years old,more useful to the family away in the city of Mumbai. One less body to clothe.Prema's mother,with tears in her eyes,promised they would see her again.Promised they would buy her back with the money Prema made every month-money her new guardian would send to the family. A promise made to Prema two and a half years ago. In the city, Prema is not chained to a desk or forced to hunch over menial work for hours each day like thousands of other children throughout the developing world. Prema dances at a pole, bats her eyelashes at adults who have come from all over the world to watch her. She spreads her legs and moves her body to music,the way the other girls showed her. Girls kidnapped from their homes when they were younger or sold by their parents to the brothel. As Prema waits to return to her family,other promises are kept. Her guardian makes good on the promise he made to her parents that she would be looked after. Men,some older than her father,foreigners with unusual accents, take great delight in watching her dance on the stage.Then they pay to suffocate her under their heavy bodies. The guardian fulfills his promise that Prema would not be denied an education. He,along with his clients,tutor her in a whole new language with it's own,intricate vocabulary.Along with the other girls in the brothel,Prema has learned to say once foreign words:HIV,unwanted pregnancy,rape.Prema dances at her pole,learning a new language.Day after day she tries to remember the sound of her mother's voice, and waits to see if her parents will make good on their promise.
Join with Mike and I in prayer that God would raise up lawyers and government rulers who will bring an end to this savage exploitation. Don't you dare question how a loving God allows this to happen. It breaks his heart daily! Evil forces along with the fallen nature of humans allow it.
"Because of the oppression of the weak and the groaning of the needy, God will now arise" Psalm 12:5 AMEN AND AMEN!
Read the following true story and weep with Jesus:
Her family needed food and Prema's father had few other options. She was the eldest daughter, beautiful, and at eleven years old,more useful to the family away in the city of Mumbai. One less body to clothe.Prema's mother,with tears in her eyes,promised they would see her again.Promised they would buy her back with the money Prema made every month-money her new guardian would send to the family. A promise made to Prema two and a half years ago. In the city, Prema is not chained to a desk or forced to hunch over menial work for hours each day like thousands of other children throughout the developing world. Prema dances at a pole, bats her eyelashes at adults who have come from all over the world to watch her. She spreads her legs and moves her body to music,the way the other girls showed her. Girls kidnapped from their homes when they were younger or sold by their parents to the brothel. As Prema waits to return to her family,other promises are kept. Her guardian makes good on the promise he made to her parents that she would be looked after. Men,some older than her father,foreigners with unusual accents, take great delight in watching her dance on the stage.Then they pay to suffocate her under their heavy bodies. The guardian fulfills his promise that Prema would not be denied an education. He,along with his clients,tutor her in a whole new language with it's own,intricate vocabulary.Along with the other girls in the brothel,Prema has learned to say once foreign words:HIV,unwanted pregnancy,rape.Prema dances at her pole,learning a new language.Day after day she tries to remember the sound of her mother's voice, and waits to see if her parents will make good on their promise.
Join with Mike and I in prayer that God would raise up lawyers and government rulers who will bring an end to this savage exploitation. Don't you dare question how a loving God allows this to happen. It breaks his heart daily! Evil forces along with the fallen nature of humans allow it.
"Because of the oppression of the weak and the groaning of the needy, God will now arise" Psalm 12:5 AMEN AND AMEN!
posted by Sharon at 9:16 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home