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During her World Race, Emily Simpson, of the January 2010 M Squad, had the opportunity to walk the streets of Manila Bay. She met the prostitutes, the homeless, the sick, and the dying. In the Philippines, she experienced things that break God’s heart. This was her response to the pain:

I have walked the alleys of Happy Land twice since arriving in the Philippines…

 

And words do not justify how this cruel reality happens.

 

A dump…a shelter? 
Generations of rubbish…a home? 
A pile of garbage…a crib for a suffering infant?
An aluminum kitchen island…a bed for a family of three?
I am puzzled.

This is their reality.

AND THIS IS NOT OKAY.

“Lord, I found you among the heaps of trash. I know you walked these steps by my side. Scavengers were praising your name while washing their clothes in scrub basins. Your face was plastered on the dingy walls.You were there, but many of your children were not.” 

 
“The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.” -Matthew 9:37
 
“Who is battling daily for these brothers and sisters, Lord? I simply feel numb. My mind is sobered. I have no answers. Speak to me about this, Lord. Show me your vision for Happy Land”

In the dark alleys your light is shining through. These people are fighting to live, but no one is coming to their rescue.

 
“FATHER, I CRY OUT. LET REALITY BE SEEN.  LET YOUR CHILDREN LAMENT AND BE TROUBLED BY THE BROKEN CONDITIONS OF THIS HARSH WORLD. LET THEM TURN TO YOU IN THEIR ANGUISH. GIVE THEM A NEW HEART TO LOVE LIKE YOU.”

 

“My eyes fail from weeping, I am tormented within, my heart is poured out on the ground because my people are destroyed, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city.”  Lamentations 2:11

 

 
“Let my selfish pride, my entitlement, my vanity, my frustration about my circumstances diminish to mere nothingness.”
 
WHAT NOW?
 
 
                                                  
I soak in and swallow the fact that I am unable to save these people. 
 
 
“You call your children to fight for one another.” 
 
 
“Lord, let my generation be one that is willing to go into battle and fight courageously for the voiceless.”
                                               

 

“God, how do we battle this growing war
of poverty and injustice?” 

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