In Phnom Penh last night, a girl was gang raped by fifty men.
This is normal.
It happened to many girls last night, not just one.
In your neighborhood, a girl was violently assaulted before, during, and after the production of a pornographic video.
Hours later, computer screens flashed onto watch the video on repeat.
This is normal.
Does that disgust you?
Do you care that your current spouse, child, and brother will be exposed to these kinds of evil acts against humanity?
I hope so.
I hope you are hurting inside.
Because the LORD sees the plight of each hopeless heart and He is beckoning for His people to stand up pleading on their behalf.
So, you are formally invited, may we raise our voices in harmony, together watching and waiting for the LORD to set all captives free.
“Regarding Zion, I can't keep my mouth shut, regarding Jerusalem, I can't hold my tongue,
Until her righteousness blazes down like the sun
and her salvation flames up like a torch.
Foreign countries will see your righteousness,
and world leaders your glory.
You'll get a brand-new name
straight from the mouth of God.
You'll be a stunning crown in the palm of God's hand,
a jeweled gold cup held high in the hand of your God.
No more will anyone call you Rejected,
and your country will no more be called Ruined.
You'll be called Hephzibah (My Delight),
and your land Beulah (Married),
Because God delights in you
and your land will be like a wedding celebration.
For as a young man marries his virgin bride,
so your builder marries you,
And as a bridegroom is happy in his bride,
so your God is happy with you.
I've posted watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem.
Day and night they keep at it, praying, calling out,
reminding God to remember.
They are to give him no peace until he does what he said,
until he makes Jerusalem famous as the City of Praise.
Isaiah 62:1-7
Dang girl…. brutal truth. People need to hear it because the fact is: we can sugar coat reality for as long as we want; but it will eventually reach our backdoor. Keep being bold Heather!
Yes Heather, I am hurting for the plight of the hopeless, but thanks be to God that He sent you and the team to bring the HOPE that only can be found in Jesus. I will join you on the watchmen’s wall!
Heather, I’m glad you’re there and I like this activist side of you. We need to angry and we need to do something.
Read 1 Thessalonians 1-2 this am and my thoughts went out to you heather as you earnestly share God’s word with the kmer I will be a watchman praying for God;s deliverance,
These are horrible and grave things – I am absolutely disgusted. I am thinking of you and praying for you and the other girls in Phnom Penh.
i love that this passage has been on your heart so much recently. It is absolutely one of my favorites and draws me into the presence of God each time I read it.
love you.
kp.
Powerful. Truth. Tears.
Prayers.
A.