Injustice

In a world rife with injustices, perhaps the greatest injustice of all is when people see great evil and do nothing about it. Did you know that there is talk in our government about wanting to step in and help to put an end to human trafficking, but hesitancy because those in charge are not confident the American people will be behind them? Can you even imagine?! Since we don’t speak up on the issue, our leaders are not sure whether or not the issue of slavery and the sale and use of the flesh of children is even important to us! Ladies and Gentlemen, the time has come to make our voices heard. If our leaders ever had a doubt that the issue of the child sex trade and other issues of slavery and human trafficking were important to the American public, let us now show that doubt the firing squad. My dear friends, we can no longer sit silently waiting for someone else to take up the mantle, to give the battle cry. We can no longer sleep comfortably at night in our own security while the most basic of human rights are being denied multitudes. We can no longer hide in our busy lives pretending we don’t hear the cry of the widow, the orphan, the slave, the poor, the destitute, the broken-hearted, the used child stripped of all innocence. It is time to raise the banner of holy wrath and let the world know that we as individuals and we as a community will not stand for it any longer! It is time to awaken our country from its ignorance and laziness and literally set the captive free. It is time to reject selfishness and pride and embrace humility and service.

The way I see it, there are four types of people. There are people who are not even aware that a problem exists. They go about their lives happily oblivious the staggering wickedness worked upon the innocent and stay focused instead on their own lives in their own world. They mean no harm and they see no harm. Then there are people who know a problem exists but simply choose to ignore it. These are the people who have seen some of the horrors the world has to offer, but much like when an uncomfortable or annoying commercial intrudes on your Saturday morning cartoons, they change the channel. They know what is going on in the world but in order to keep from feeling guilty about it, they pretend it isn’t happening. Then there are people who know a problem exists and have compassion for those who suffer, but that is where it ends. These are the people who definitely know very well that injustice is rampant and they cry over it and rant about it and shake their fist at the sky but are never driven enough to do anything. They simply feel bad. There is a fourth group of people, however. A group of people who know a problem exist and allow their compassion to drive them to action. These are the people who will not be satisfied thinking that someone else will take care of the problem. These are the people that, as long as they draw breath, will fight against injustice in whatever way they are able. I hope and pray you are one of the latter. I know I am.

You may read what we have to say and be stirred to compassion, and the beating wings of compassion may be as a bellows to a flame in your heart. You may be driven to action. That was me six years ago. And for six long years, I had absolutely no idea where to start. So I sat with this flame in my heart burning me alive, not knowing how to help at all. It is knowing that frustration that I offer you some humble suggestions.

• Write a letter to your senator/representative.Heck, you can even go as far as writing a letter to the President himself!You can find out who your senator/representative is by logging on to ____, and you can send an e-mail to the President by logging on to www.whitehouse.gov and clicking “e-mail the President”.This is actually a very effective means of making your voice heard.These people are literally waiting to hear from you about what you think is important.

• Donate to the cause.There are several organizations that are working on the issue of human trafficking as we speak.Global Servants, Agape International Missions and International Justice Mission just to name a few!These are active agencies that seek to protect, redeem and rehabilitate children sold into prostitution and people being sold and traded like chattel.They accept support from people like you and me who want to help and be a part of the solution.

• Support someone who is going. Some of the above agencies accept volunteers to actually go and do the work, and while not everyone is called to go, there is a place for everyone to participate. Those who are going will most definitely need financial support and giving to help someone go is being actively involved in seeing the work done.

• Raise awareness in your community.Many people live under the delusion that human trafficking and slavery ended years ago and that it is not a real-life problem here in the 21^st Century.They would be dead wrong.You can be an active part of raising awareness in your community by simply telling people.Once a problem is brought into the light, it cannot hide and grow in darkness any longer.Once out in the light, it must be dealt with.So you can help by dragging the horrors of human trafficking by the hair out of its comfortable lair in the darkness and exposing it to the light.Who knows?You might inspire a giver or a go-er or a pray-er in the process!

• PRAY.I didn’t list this last because it was least important.I listed it last because it is more powerful than all the others combined.Here in the United States we oftentimes say, “I guess all I can do is pray”, as if prayer is simply the last resort after trying all our “good ideas”, and I have to wonder if God just shakes His head and thinks, “You should have just asked me first…”There is great power in intercession and our prayers loose the warriors of heaven to launch into action on our behalf!Pray the eyes of those in power will be opened, that the evils of human trafficking will no longer have a place in darkness to hide and that the people and especially the children who are held captive will be liberated..

Often times we think that a crime that takes place behind closed doors does not apply to us. But imagine you get the opportunity to stand face-to-face with the prostituted child. The six-year-old little girl who, instead of starting school and learning her ABC’s and numbers is trapped in a dank room, day after day, being raped by men three, four, five times her age and then left to cry herself to sleep until that little heart turns to stone. What would you say to her? What excuse would you give her for not doing anything on her behalf? How would you explain that your favorite TV show, a trip to the movies, shopping at the mall or hanging out with friends was more important? Please don’t stay silent. Don’t just hear the unheard cry…answer it.

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