Why?

Alicia was 14. 

She was coming to school with new bruises daily.

You can only be so clumsy before the people who love you know something is seriously wrong. 

We finally got her to open up, her stepdad had been raping and beating her almost nightly.

She took it because if she ran away, he'd start on her little sister. 

We convinced her to go to the principal,  they'd call the cops, he'd go to jail, she'd be safe.

Only, he was doing work on the school boards homes and they were writing it off under the table as work on various school buildings. Can't let something like child abuse get in the way of free perks.

Alicia was told her dad was on his way to pick her up,  and that she was facing suspension for such slanderous lies. 

So she ran.

A few nights later her stepdad came to my house, wanting to tear me apart, sure that she was hiding at my house. 

A few months later she came back to let me know she was a prostitute in Texas. On a steady stream of drugs and booze to drown the pain. 

"If I'm going to be used for sex, at least this way I get paid, and they're not allowed to beat me up". 

Abortion is just tissue.

Kids have to learn some time. 

Life happens, no use protecting them.

It's not my business. 

They're exaggerating. 

How would it look if I got involved? 

It's no big deal.

So tired of the excuses.

Just say it.

I matter more than anything else. 

Cause there's no reason that a child should ever die, or be raped, or be beaten.

We don't care.

We don't care about kids, we don't care about right and wrong, we don't care about people,  and we sure don't want to be uncomfortable. 

Read Romans. 

There comes a point where God pulls His hand back and lets you get what you're asking for. 

We are so beyond that point.

I wish things were different. 

But when you live in a sinful world,  you have chaos and darkness. 

Those of us who do know Jesus,  we have to be a light, hope that our light spreads, hope.

Faith, hope, love. 

God, we need more love.