Break my heart for what breaks yours.

We went out in the center of the town where all the tourists stay, eat, shop. But on the other side is a row of benches and on those benches sit men and woman, who have searched for love and have only found judgement, who sell themselves so that they will be able to eat that day, children of God who are so longing to know about their Father. They are used, abused, judged, mocked. But whenever I see these beautiful people, because they are truly beautiful and made in Gods image, I think "that is somebodies daughter, someone's son, someone's sister, all of those are Gods children" How devalued they must feel, how unworthy and shameful. The people who don't want to use them look down at them in disgust. But why?! Why as Christians would we dare to roll an eye in there direction. Why don't our hearts break instead of our faces turning into a look of disapproval? Jesus died for them just as much as He died for you, Jesus loves them just as much as He loves you and me. He looks down at them with a brokenheart, weeping, stretching out His hand, longing for them to come to Him. They are precious in His sight, they should be precious in ours. 

I watched as a man sat down next to a young girl, flirting with her, grabbing her, they eventually got up and started walking in our directions. I saw the girl, I saw him, saw him leading her away, how could I just stand there and watch this happen? Two of us from the group got up determined to share Gods love with the girl but also with the man she was with, we caught up to them and started to make conversation, trying to tell them how much Jesus deeply loves them. The man didn't want to hear any of it and they started walking away.  

My heart broke at that second as I watched that beautiful daughter of the King, a princess, be led away to be used for her body. I felt helpless. God revealed His heart to me, and I wept. I wept for the girl who doesn't see how beautiful and valuable she is, I wept for the man who is so lost in sin, I wept when I saw how much God longs to know her, to comfort her, to show His love to her. 

It was the biggest reality check I have gotten. This world is filled with sin. We live in a world where the human trafficking industry is bigger than slavety has ever been. It's an injustice. But we have a God who is bigger than this, who has a love that conquers over all, a God who can do the impossible. I challenge you to consciously be aware of what is going on in the world around you and pray into how you can be part of Gods plan to make a difference, to share His love and to help rescue the lost.