I went to chapel today.
One of my professors, Dr. Amy Stumpf spoke. There were two things that caught my attention the most.
1. She said in a recent study that the only things that statistically separated Christians from everyone else, were:
We say the "F word" less and buy less lottery tickets
2. She spoke about the battle between God and Satan and how it has already been won. God has overcome evil, period. But since evil still exists in our world, we need to fight it and seek justice.
Some of our students recited scripture about God’s judgment. And at the end of chapel, one of them recited a monologue about a young girl and her sister who were looking for work to support their family. They were tricked into believing a woman who promised them work in a café. They were drugged and brought to a place where they were beaten and used for sexual exploitation, clearly against their will.
That little girl was forced to have sex with 10 different men a day.
As far as we know, sources for women and children for human trafficking are: Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine, Albania, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Romania, China, Thailand, Cambodia and Nigeria.
The countries that are in demand are: Belgium, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Thailand, Turkey…
Demand for human trafficking doesn’t just happen in foreign countries,
… it’s here in the United States too.
What comes to mind when you hear the word justice?
To me, it means righteousness, integrity and making things right. I’ve always been in agreement with organizations that fight human trafficking. But today made me realize that just because I agree and believe something is wrong, it doesn’t fix it.
One of my favorite artists Brooke Fraser wrote a song called “Albertine”. The lyrics to the chorus are:
“Now that I have seen, I am responsible. Faith without deeds is dead…”
Now that we know, what will we do? As Christians we have a responsibility and it’s not to say the “F word” less and buy less lottery tickets. The Bible says “To whom much is given, much is required.” The truth is that we don’t deserve anything. But God blessed us with a purpose in mind. It’s not enough to read this and just agree with me or get your chapel credit for the semester today. It’s about justice.
You heard. You’re responsible.
I stopped by the Justice Tent outside of the bookstore and got some info on WAYS YOU CAN HELP:
*Inform yourself and sign up for news about Sex Trafficking at iast.net
*Find out how products you buy are made stopthetraffik.org/getinvolved/act/chocolate
*Shop freesetbags.com and shopinlight.com – the beautiful women who make these products have been rescued from sex trafficking
*Donate to organizations that fight human trafficking ijm.org; chabdai.org; love146.org
*FAAST’s Rapid Response Kits - $60 provides basic clothing and hygiene and transportation to a safe place. Faastinternational.org
*Pray for justice.
There are some awesome students on campus who can give you more information on how to help and get involved here at CBU. Leave a comment or send me an email and I’ll be sure to point you in the right direction.
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