notice

Do you see her? She is standing before you. Her hurt is laid bare, impossible to hide, yet no one seems to notice. She was born with perfection in her grasp, coming from the gaze of the King, her angels have seen His face - but, it doesn’t last. Because maybe, she is born into broken-ness. Maybe she has no one to help her find her way. Maybe the people who’s care she was trusted into should have a mill stone around their neck. And what can you do with that despair? What kind of life can you reap from what is sown in darkness? Things broken in the dark are done so in silence, and her voice has been removed. She spends her life accepting her silence or fighting to find her voice. She knows there should be a light somewhere but she can’t find the switch. Do you see her now? Do you know she might be your wife? Your sister? Your cousin? Your friend? Do you notice her sneaking into the back of your church. Trying to be invisible because invisibility keeps her safe. Yet, her missing voice would scream to be seen, to be loved, to be restored. Can you help her? When you see her will you help her find her voice? Will you fight with her to find the light? Or will you tell yourself she is not loveable because you see the track marks or cutting on her arms.  You don’t know how to talk to her because she sees the world differently from you. Are you the hands of feet of Jesus? Or are you searching for the light too?

1 in 9 girls experience sexual violence under the age of 18.

https://www.rainn.org/statistics/children-and-teens