Why? Because I hope that one day I’ll be working at a place like Wellspring Living, as a counselor for girls rescued out of sex trafficking. And I hope that one day after that, there will no longer be a need for me in that job. I hope that one day, all of those girls are healed, and the trafficking of persons comes to an end. I hope that I’ll have to find a new job, because that one won’t exist anymore.
Over the weekend, I met a beautiful woman. Her face shines with the love of Christ, and her smile is one of pure joy and kindness. She is soft-spoken, and speaks mostly of God’s mercy. She is amazed by that mercy, because, as she says, God rescued her out of a horrifying life. He rescued her out of a life of forced prostitution.
Her story was similar to one I wrote about a fictional girl named Kelsey. As I said, that story is not a rare one. It is based very heavily on the stories of far too many women today. Those prostitutes that you see on the streets? The girls you hear about that work in the "massage parlors"? Do not be deceived by their smiling mask. Most, if not all, of those women are slaves. The woman that I met, though, has a happier ending to her story- she was saved. And today, she has a passion burning within her to fight for the freedom of the girls that she left behind. She has found happiness in the salvation of Christ, but she will not rest until human trafficking is no more. I am fighting with her. Because before she was saved, this woman lived through terrors that I can hardly bear to think about for even a moment. She was raped, beaten, and told that she was something to be purchased. This happens to women, children, and even men- every single day.
Human beings should always be known as "Not For Sale". Every single human being was created as a precious and priceless treasure by the loving hand of God.
Please join me in the fight against modern-day slavery. I pray that one day, we see a world in which a price tag is never put on a woman, or a man, ever again. Let us not stop at a prayer, though- let us take action.
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Praying for all those who are abused every day. :(
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