I read a feature on the BBC website this morning about the plight of thousands of girls abducted from their famililes and trafficked for profit. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20938125
This story makes horrific reading, and
makes one feel so helpless. In the face of such evil, what can one
person do? Yet if we all do our bit, we can make a difference, one
precious child at a time.
Back in May, I met a foster family who
take in children trafficked to this country (UK). The mum told me of a
14-year-old girl from Afghanistan, who had become pregnant on
her terrifying journey, of trafficked children abandoned by lorry drivers at Clackett's
Lane motorway service station (on the M25, not far from us), of so many
children taken away from their parents, as young as eight. Either the
parents thought that their children were going to a better life, or they
needed the money.
Even right here in our own communities there are
children who are abused, rejected and hurting - and we may not even
know it. Let's keep our eyes and our ears open to what is going on, and
reach out to every single child we know, just in case. 'Deepest
Darkness' www.dernierpublishing.com/deepestdarkness.php and 'I Want to Be an Airline Pilot' www.dernierpublishing.com/airlinepilot.php are great books for
hurting children. We have others too. Shine your light, bring some hope.
Put a book through someone's door with or without a note. Buy a
selection of books for a school library. You just never know.
May the Lord keep us from complacency.
Thank you for listening,
Janet
