Tonight I was listening to some youtube videos while working on a project for my church...just a little background music as I think and pray and plan. One of the videos I stumbled upon was a song called "Redemption" by Kristene Mueller. In a well-timed pause in my thinking and typing, I heard the words "Redemption...so much better than perfection..." Mmmm...did you ever hear words that just hit you square in the chest and sunk straight to your bones?
I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgement. ~ Exodus 6:6
I know that my Redeemer lives and that in the end he will stand upon the earth. ~ Job 19:25
Rise up and help us; redeem us because of your unfailing love. ~ Psalm 44:26
No man can redeem the life of another or give to God a ransom for him - But God will redeem my life from the grave; he will surely take me unto himself. ~Psalm 49:7 & 15
But now this is what the Lord says - he who created you, he who formed you - 'Fear not; I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine.' ~Isaiah 43:1
When I think about the issue of human trafficking, I get weighed down. I sometimes can literally feel the weight of it in my body. There is so much darkness surrounding this issue. Such deep suffering and outrageous injustice. When I dream about the future of Ashraya Mission, and imagine the girls who will come to our home, I am struck by the grim reality that these girls will be coming from dark places that I cannot comprehend. The gravity of that truth cannot be minimized. But if I believed that was the whole story, I wouldn't be here - we wouldn't be doing this. There is hope. I actually believe that. I believe there is hope of restoration, renewal, and redemption for these girls. I know that my Redeemer lives. I know it.
"The darker the night, the brighter the day. The fiercer the fight, the stronger the faith. So I place my hope in You." ~ Kristene Mueller (Redemption)
~KtH
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