Last night I went to an event to help raise awareness about human trafficking in the area. As the officials spoke about the tragedy of this issue, I began to hold back tears... I couldn't fathom the amount of pain that this was causing and I couldn't stop thinking about the women in Thailand... my friends that I had cherished many memories of. I wondered where they were now. Were they somewhere at a bar across the world, still struggling to hang on?
There are faces to this struggle and now that I have them ever so etched in my mind, I know I must fight for them. Not only are there my friends, but there are so many men, women, boys, and girls being held captive and deceived across the nation and the world. I have felt the weight of deception and held the wounds that are left long after manipulation. I have been deceived to think that I was held captive by fear and condemnation; and I have been openly lied to by ones that I love.
I have decided that I will not let the discouragement and despair of these circumstances control my life and make me lose sight of hope. I will hold on to hope and with joy, I will run to set the captives free!
"I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land and to reassign its desolate inheritances, to say to the captives, 'Come out,' and to those in darkness, 'Be free!' " -Isaiah 49:8-9
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