Leave a Message at the BEEP...

A couple of months ago, I got this intense prompting to pray for girls in/in danger of sex trafficking. Specifically, that they would not be touched, defiled. I prayed fervently but in my prayers I remember thinking: "why am I praying for this? isn't it a bit of an empty prayer? isn't it like praying for world hunger to end or to have world peace? isn't this request to broad/not specific enough? aren't I wasting my time? How would I even KNOW if it gets answered? Isn't this just going into God's answering machine?"

Things like these happen to me every so often. As I spend time with God and pray He will put things in my heart to pray for... and sometimes they are very random requests.

As I prayed for this girl (s), I really wanted God to do something. I want all these girls to be saved from the clutches of darkness. I needed to know God could interpose Himself between the girl(s) and those who wanted to hurt them. I am not talking about restoring them (He can/ wants do that too) but I was praying for divine intervention that they would not have to go through the pain and the suffering... the devastation. I was praying for a conservation of innocence.

I remember finishing praying with my heart still wrung for this girl(s), whispering under my breath: "God, please! I know you can do this! I know you can avoid this tragedy that happens everyday!" But at the same time thinking: "Will I ever know if my prayer has been answered? Is it worth praying for things one might not see an answer to whether they came to pass or not?"

Months went by and I got a newsletter from Agape International Missions (AIM), a ministry that reaches out to women and children involved in human trafficking. As I opened the letter and started to read I couldn't believe my eyes. The letter told the story of a little girl who's virginity was about to be sold by her aunt but was rescued by AIM instead; and how the parties involved in scheming such grotesque plans were arrested and prosecuted. The little girl was not touched and is now at their safe house, experiencing God's love and safety.

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I was in awe... I almost couldn't breath... all I kept thinking was: "WHAT?!"

"I heard you", that was His reply...... that's all He needed to say.

So take heart my dear friend! Take heart at His promises. Take heart that He hears your prayers and answers your requests, even if you can't see the answer. God is listening to you. He is listening to you right now! Every word you say, every thought you think. He cares about you beyond your expectations. He is great!

God is GOOD!!! And He loves YOU!

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If you want to learn more about the work that God is doing through Agape International Missions, visit their website www.aim4asia.org