The following is what has been stirring in my heart the past couple of days. It is legal or ignored in most parts of the world. Human Trafficking, more specifically, trafficking for sexual exploitation has a face. It has a name. As you read awhile ago, one of the names it has is Lola. There are millions more…
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Someone’s Daughter. Someone’s Granddaughter. Someone’s Sister. Someone’s Mother. Someone’s Wife. Someone’s Friend. ALL a part of a family.
Some go willingly. Some tricked. Some coerced. Some forced. Some kidnapped. Some sold. Some curious. ALL wanting out NOW! [What if they could be free?]
BOUGHT for an hour. BOUGHT for a trick. BOUGHT for a night. BOUGHT for a week. ALL bought for a price. [What if they knew someone paid for all of them with His life?]
Beat. Used. Treated as less than human. Property. Affected by STDs. Forced abortions. Taking on shame, fear, and worthlessness. Just getting by. Trying to survive. Trying to provide. Facades of pleasure. Facades of joy. [What if their mask of joy could become the real thing?]
Some turn to alcohol. Some turn to drugs. Some turn to memories of old. Some turn to DREAMING about what could have been. Some turn to suicide. ALL are trying to escape, even if for only a minute. [Who will tell them who to turn to?]
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Someone’s Son. Someone’s Grandson. Someone’s Brother. Someone’s Father. Someone’s Husband. Someone’s Friend. ALL a part of a family.Businessmen. College “studs.” Old lonely men. Some see women as a “sport”. Some are experimenting. Some are a result of peer pressure. Some curious. Some are running. ALL are searching for something. [What if they found Jesus on their search?]
My God is that LOVE, that perfect love. He died on the cross and rose again for each and every man and woman ever created. More specifically, He paid the price for each of these women, in EVERY bar and in EVERY brothel. He paid the price for EVERY man in these places, as well. He loves each of them as much as he loves me. He has a plan for all of them as much as he has a plan for me. They are all searching for Jesus, even when they don’t know it.
There are more questions that begin with the word “How,” than answers. However, I know that God has a plan to end their searching, and use people to bring His Kingdom into this darkness.
We can not beat this in the physical, so we can’t look at this problem in the physical. There is a spiritual war raging on this earth. We can’t be defensive. We have to be OFFENSIVE!
We already have the authority and victory over this spiritual darkness that is affecting our world. That is the GOOD NEWS. The BAD NEWS is that most people are unaware. Some people just don’t care because “it doesn’t affect them.” There are too many Christians who live on the defensive in their spiritual life, and God is calling this generation to pick up their swords for the offensive.
