So we had a fundraiser the other night. It was organized by our team at Torquay Salvos and designed to raise money and awareness for the Stop the Traffik Campaign.
We got a group of people (there ended up being 57 of us!) down to Warun Ponds cinema to see "Amazing Grace" It was a fantastic night, and the movie is brilliant. Here's a clip for those of you who haven't seen it:
One of the best things about being able to make this movie a fundraiser was that we got to raise awareness about the Human Traffiking trade that still happens in our society. So many people were outraged (as Shane & Dan would say - my rageous had never been so outed!) by that thought, and you know what - they should be!
We all should be. That William Wilberforce spent his life fighting to put an end to slavery and yet people can still be bought and sold for cheap labour & to be used as sex slaves is just wrong. And add to that, the fact that most people bought & sold are women and children - how can we as a western culture allow that to happen? And yet here in Australia, the work of charities such as Stop the Traffik and UNICEF to end child slavery is relatively unknown. And while we sit in our comfortable homes, with our ipods, x-boxes and playstations, and we eat and drink and hang out with our friends - thousands of children are being exploited.
Please take a moment to watch this heartbreaking video:
My friend James & I were talking on Sunday about how amazing it was that William Wilberforce spent his entire life fighting to abolish slavery. How many of us can actually say that we have given up our lives fighting against an injustice? Literally our lives. Years upon years upon years yelling, and begging and pleading with people to stand up for those without a voice.
As for me... I want to live my life as an act of worship to a God who cares about those children. A God who cares about all the injustice in the world. A God who wants the kind of worship that is ACTIVE not PASSIVE. A God who doesn't want to hear us sing about how much we love Him, but wants to see us SHOW how much we love Him. I want to fight, and yell and scream and DO something. I'm tired of sitting back and thinking it's up to others. It's up to us. So get out there, raise awareness, raise money, yell and scream - get petitions signed. It might not seem like much but if enough of us do it - maybe it will make a difference.
"Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves..."
(Proverbs 31:8)
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