i'm angry. really angry actually.
i'm angry that every day there are children beaten by their parents.
i'm angry that every day there are parents who rape their children or let others perpetrate on their children.
i'm angry that every day there are parents who choose drugs over their children.
i'm angry that every day there are foster parents that choose to abuse/neglect already abused/neglected children.
i'm angry that every day children find themselves starving and barely surviving.
i'm angry that the effects of this evil lasts a lifetime.
i'm angry that the effects of this evil can not only ruin the lives of the abused but often has severe effects on any children abuse survivors will have someday.
i'm angry that every day children get moved from shelter to foster home and back so often that living on the streets sounds more attractive to them.
i'm angry that every day children are born addicted to drugs.
i'm angry that every day child welfare workers feel more and more like case managers rather than social workers.
but i'm most angry that not enough of us Christians are BROKEN about this.
why?
how in this day and age can we continue to turn a blind eye and let others handle the "problem" because "it takes a special kind of person" to be a foster parent, adoptive parent, shelter volunteer, case worker or even prayer warrior on behalf of these kids?
i didn't ask to be broken over this. but i am.
tonight i spent two hours trying to calm down two teenagers on my caseload. they live at the shelter for many different reasons. but it all boils down to several of the items on the list above.
and you know what they said over and over again? "i just want to go home!" and "i just want A home!"
and the most incredible thing about all of this is that adoption and foster care are the most clear pictures of what God has done for us:
God has taken us in to His family; no matter what our history is, where we've been and what kind of crap we carry around with us and can't seem to shake. He loves us even though we feel loyal to people and things that abused and damaged us. He nurses us back to health when we are severely (spiritually) malnurished. He forgives us and takes us back every time we go AWOL. He never ever gives up on us even when we try to push Him away. We can yell and scream and blame Him for our pain. But He never stops loving us.
so, how in the world are so many kids waiting to "just go home" when we Christians know best what it's like to be adopted?
yes. i'm angry. but it's the kind that comes from a God-given burden.
i pray that God breaks the hearts of His children over the abused and neglected children of the world. i pray that He WRECKS each one of us over this. and i also pray that we will support each other as each one of us takes the steps to do our part in the healing of families and children.
one way to do this in tulsa is to participate in Fight Night Tulsa:
Tuesday February 19, 2013 @ 7 pm.
it will be at liberty church: 7777 s. garnett rd, broken arrow, ok.
watch the video promo here: Fight Night: Tulsa
prayer is free and when done collectively has more power. i hope to see you there.
