Dear__________,
I want to start this letter by telling you, you are loved. That this is not a letter of judgement or condemnation, but a love letter. And although I’ve seen with my own eyes, I’ve held in my own arms, and loved with my whole heart, your victims, that woman or child that you purchased for a night, I feel the need to tell you that you are loved. I also want to start this letter by saying this isn’t a letter from me, for I would have much different words to say, but that this is a letter from your Heavenly Father. Your Father who loves you, despite whatever you have done in your past or will do in your future.
I want you to know that Jesus came for You! That His body was nailed on the cross for You! To make You white as snow. To pay the cost for Your sins. That Jesus is waiting with open arms for You to come to Him. That He wants a relationship with You and He’s not concerned with Your past, but Your future. That Jesus changes people. That Jesus redeems. And can redeem any situation. Including Yours. He’s just waiting for You to come.
I want to apologize for hating you. For seeing you on the streets and wishing you were dead. For glaring at you, instead of praying for you. For judging you instead of trying to understand. For viewing you as a monster instead of a human being. I want to apologize for not being Jesus to you. For not willing to give you a second chance. For not stopping to think about the hardships you have probably faced, for the injustices done to you, or the chains that hold you down. The chains that probably have led to you putting someone else in chains. For all of this I am so sorry.
But I also want you to know that I’ve seen the damage done by your actions. That your cool story to tell your friends from your vacation has left a lifetime of scars and brokenness for that woman or child, and although you might not see it, for yourself as well. That, that woman has a family back at home, a little baby, that she’s trying to support. That, that young girl has dreams of going to school or owning her own coffee shop. That, that little child goes to Sunday school after you are done with her. That, that woman or child has not chosen to be bought and sold for sex, but was forced. That for you it’s just a good time, but for them this is their life, the hell that they have to live in day in and day out. That strip clubs and Internet porn may seem harmless but has led to a global catastrophe of thirty million human beings forced into sexual slavery. That your choices are so powerful and your influence is greater than you think or could ever imagine. That you have impacted their life in immeasurable ways, in just those few hours you spent with them.
I have fallen in love with your victims. I have gotten to spend time with them. I have learned their names and heard their stories. And I can tell you that she is someone’s daughter, wife, mother, or sister, no different from your own. That she is beautiful and precious and the daughter of a King.
I want you to know that I don’t hate you anymore. That I pray for you every night. I pray that God blesses you abundantly. But above all I pray that you know that you are loved. That even if the rest of the world condemns you, Jesus is waiting to save You. That I have realized you are someone’s son, husband, father, or brother, no different from my own. And that you are a human who has made mistakes, no different from myself or the rest of this world.
All My Love
