Day 32

Enjoyable day with the family and hubs! Blessed the boys are growing and have great friends to have sleepovers with! Grateful for time with James talking, eating, and relaxing in front of a movie together. Movie of the night: Whistleblower. May have to work on our date movies, but it was another great film showing the atrocities of human trafficking, specifically in the sex trade. Which brings me to my point. Americans don't steward this issue well at all. There finally is some recognition of it, but not near enough. It almost seems to me that we have to personally know someone or something before we feel it worthwhile to get involved.

I can definitely say I'm much more educated on the issue than I was a year ago, with going to vigils, inviting an anti-human trafficking spokesman to our church, watching movies (Hollywood and documentaries), wearing a t-shirt in a big race, and doing just basic research. But to what end? For one who has sexual abuse in my past, what goes on in our world, in our country, in our state, and yes Spokane, even in our city, this makes me literally quite sick. I'm so grateful that I'm part of a church and denomination where bringing attention and working to actively fight this evil is made a priority. But I want even more. I know it takes time, and the big focus now is on raising awareness and education.

So I ask, am I doing my part? Am I involved enough? I want to get involved even more. I want others to get involved even more, because whether we like it or not, we're part of this world, and as humans, and especially as Christians, we need to stand up for justice and defend basic human rights. This can be carried over to many different issues (abortion, adoption, hunger, clean water, fighting poverty, homelessness, ______________ fill in the blank for basic human needs), and I'm grateful God has given people different passions and burdens, otherwise we'd all just focus on the same one. So please, if you are burdened for something, educate and act. And I beg you, don't let me just sit here and leave it with "well that was a good movie." I may not be able to change the problem, but if God' calling me to do something, I don't get a free pass on obedience just because the problem seemed to big.