I'm watching an MSNBC documentary on human sex trafficking in America. As I read more books and watch more shows on this issue, I become overwhelmed with so many different emotions. As always, here's a list of them.
1. sad sad sad. I'm an unusally optimistic and naive girl. It's been hard to comprehend the stories of the victims I am learning about, but one thing that I do comprehend is the sadness of it all. The injustice is unspeakable and I'm pray God gives me the ability and the words to communicate this injustice to those God places in my path.
2. disbelief. A fifteen year old girl reports she's been forced to be with over 200 men in the course of a couple months. Girls that get pregnant are forced to have abortions, many of them back door. It's disgusting and hard to learn about.
3. anger. This show talks about court cases with traffickers. A lawyer (we'll call him Hank), who was defending the trafficker argued that the girls being trafficked had the choice to say no, had the choice to leave anytime they want. I'm not drawn to feminism, and I won't argue any "men are pigs" viewpoint, but its absurd to think that any woman would want to endure such violence, abuse, rape, and enslavement. It's unreal that anyone would think this crime would be voluntary. Hank has a lot of nerve to call those women liars. I hate it.
4. compassion. I hope this emotion is from God...or else I won't be able to handle this path, it's too dark.
I can't say that I feel hope. not yet. I'm hoping through my education of this issue, I can find the hope in human trafficking. God won't stay silent, I know He can't and He won't. It's just a matter of time til I discover exactly what God is doing in regards to the injustice of human trafficking.
Until then, I'll keep searching, reading, listening, and learning.
My advice to you: do the same....and refuse the possibility of a hopeless world.
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