I woke up today knowing what I was going to post for this Justice Friday entry, it was on Human Trafficking. There are millions and millions of people trafficked into the sex trade and the work force in the world today. It is hard to imagine as it seems so far away and removed from all of us. For me today, I wanted to bring it a little closer to me so I began watching, for the second time, Human Trafficking a 2005 TV drama starring Donald Sutherland and Robert Carlyle. I say that I began watching it for the second time because the first time I couldn’t finish it, it was to hard to watch.

People who are trafficked are people like you and me who are expecting a better lives for themselves and in turn get their lives taken from them. The majority of humans who are trafficked are women and young girls who are trafficked for sexual exploitation. This I don’t understand, how can any man or women, made in the image of God himself sell an innocent person to a life of hell for profit? At what point can someone make that decision and how can they live with themselves? The thing is, human trafficking has been happening since time began. Joseph, in the bible, was sold into slavery by his brothers. The Egyptians were forced into slavery by Pharaoh, and it has been happening ever since.

Today my day started out great. I woke up early, lit some candles to stay warm, it was -30F out, and read my bible while drinking an amazing cup of coffee. Everything was right with the world. Then I switched pace and started thinking about this post and began watching the  Human Trafficking movie. Suddenly all was not right with the world, suddenly I saw how F-ed up the world is. How warped and sick some people can be and how devastated and destroyed others lives become as a result. Today I challenge you not to forget those sold into slavery for the financial gain of another. Today I ask you to stop, take a moment and remember. Don’t just remember, pray. Don’t just pray, tell others. Today our prayers and actions can make a difference.

The best web site I have seen on this issue is a YWAM site, not being biased at all here. The site is called the Freedom Project and can be found here.  Please take a moment and go over to their site and do some research and make yourself more aware. And if you want to sit down some time and watch a movie that will move you and bring you to places you don’t want to go then rent Human Trafficking. I am not sure if I can sit through the rest of it, but I have to. I am only watching it happen, others are living it daily.

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