Thursday, December 14, 2006
You never know...
I just got some sad news. An acquaintance of mine passed away yesterday. She was in a car accident. She was only 29. A nurse, involved in church and at a camp. Married for only 3 years.
It is awesome to know where she is, that she gets to spend eternity with God, but sad that she didn't have longer here on earth. She did get three years to be married but she didn't get a chance to have kids.
You think you have forever to do the things you want to do, but really you don't.
In better news, a friend I've been praying for for years is definitely coming back to God. Things I've been saying to her, important things, are now coming out of her mouth. She now knows how awesome God is.
Now thinking about what happened to this other girl who died, how much more important it is that my friend is now on relying on God. If anything happens to her, I'll know where she is going too.
It is awesome to know where she is, that she gets to spend eternity with God, but sad that she didn't have longer here on earth. She did get three years to be married but she didn't get a chance to have kids.
You think you have forever to do the things you want to do, but really you don't.
In better news, a friend I've been praying for for years is definitely coming back to God. Things I've been saying to her, important things, are now coming out of her mouth. She now knows how awesome God is.
Now thinking about what happened to this other girl who died, how much more important it is that my friend is now on relying on God. If anything happens to her, I'll know where she is going too.
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Makes me sad
I was just watched three videos on a website a friend has put together about sex trafficking. I am Coming
It seems so unbelievable to me that this happens in our world. That so many women have been sexually abused and are being sexually abused. I don't want to believe it, I don't want to care. Because if I do believe and care, then my heart has the chance to break. It's too overwhelming and huge for me to care.
I read a fiction book a while ago, I don't remember what it was called, about a woman who as a child had been held in a basement and raped over and over by men who had paid for it. When she was finally rescued, she was afraid the cops had come to arrest her, she had trouble believing that they had come to rescue her, that they weren't going to hurt her.
How many little girls are right now locked in rooms where all they know is pain? I don't want to think about it. But for a moment I will think about it and pray for those girls. God please be there with them, hold them close and never let them go. Save them.
Today I was thinking about how God has shown me that he cares about me, that I'm special. Not more special than anyone else, but special to him. I pray that all these girls, and probably a lot of boys, would know that they are special too.
So even though, I don't want to believe that such horrible things happen in our world, I choose believe, and I choose to care. I chose to sign the declaration on the website, and I hope you take the time to watch the videos and choose to too.
It seems so unbelievable to me that this happens in our world. That so many women have been sexually abused and are being sexually abused. I don't want to believe it, I don't want to care. Because if I do believe and care, then my heart has the chance to break. It's too overwhelming and huge for me to care.
I read a fiction book a while ago, I don't remember what it was called, about a woman who as a child had been held in a basement and raped over and over by men who had paid for it. When she was finally rescued, she was afraid the cops had come to arrest her, she had trouble believing that they had come to rescue her, that they weren't going to hurt her.
How many little girls are right now locked in rooms where all they know is pain? I don't want to think about it. But for a moment I will think about it and pray for those girls. God please be there with them, hold them close and never let them go. Save them.
Today I was thinking about how God has shown me that he cares about me, that I'm special. Not more special than anyone else, but special to him. I pray that all these girls, and probably a lot of boys, would know that they are special too.
So even though, I don't want to believe that such horrible things happen in our world, I choose believe, and I choose to care. I chose to sign the declaration on the website, and I hope you take the time to watch the videos and choose to too.
