“You may choose to look the other way, but you can never say you didn’t know.”
The words of William Wilberforce, a man who poured out his whole life for the abolition of the slave trade, sank deep into my heart as the dampness of tears and the ache on my insides seemed to intensify.
We sat together in the basement, as the snow fell softly on the lawn outside our safe, cozy, comfortable home. Fresh snow always reminds me of the pure heart of God, gently floating down to cover all of our broken parts with His grace, His love.
Our cans of pop were on the ground, treats shoved aside. The silence was thick and consuming.
I had joined a group of girls from church, to watch a documentary on sex trafficking, and the quote that flashed across the screen towards the end of the film left me changed.
I felt broken by the images flashing before my eyes, by the stories being told. I hurt because the heart beating inside of me is no longer my own. Hand in hand with a man who had bled on the cross for me, I too felt the pain of living in a broken world.
We talked about the hard parts, the worst parts, each of us being pressed on by different stories, different scenes.
Not sure what to do next we dropped our heads and prayed.
I did not know then that in the coming year, I would meet beautiful, inspiring precious women who had been impacted by the implications of desperate poverty. That I would pray fervently for the Lord to protect the hearts and the lives of young girls living in Kibera, one of the largest slums in the world.
I did not know that I would embark on a journey with a team of beautifully broken women with hearts on fire for the only one who can make us whole.
There was a lot that I did not know.
But there was a little bit that I did.
And so I dropped my head and prayed. And I will never say I didn’t know.
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