With our new AppleTV and since we got rid of cable, D and I have been watching LOTS of movies!
Yesterday afternoon while I was cooking up a yummy batch of butternut squash soup, I clicked on this to watch. I had no idea what I was in for.
Very Young Girls
Very Young Girls is a documentary about the sexual exploitation of very young girls in New York City. The average age that a girl enters into “the life” is 13. THIRTEEN. Heart breaking…no…heart WRENCHING. These vulnerable girls are picked up by men who promise to love them, care for them, and be their “daddy.”
The whole time I was watching it, I kept thinking about how the Bible tells us that we can call our Heavenly Father, “Daddy.” HE is our true Abba. We did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but we have received the spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, ABBA! FATHER!” Or as the message tells us: “This resurrection life you received from God is not a timid, grave-tending life. It’s adventurously expectant, greeting God with a childlike “What’s next, Papa?”
These girls have lost all of their child-like wonder. They have lost all of their spark and fervor for life.
But the worst part about it…this is happening every day, all over the world to 30 million people.
Visit http://www.notforsalecampaign.org/ to find out more about the global problem and see what you can do to get involved.
