Lamenting the Trafficking of Human Persons
How long, O Lord, must I call for help, but you do not listen?
Or cry out to you, “Violence!”
Why do you make me look at injustice?
Why do you tolerate wrongdoing?
Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and conflict abounds.
Therefore the law is paralyzed and justice never prevails.
The wicked hem in the righteous, so that just is perverted.
Habakkuk 1: 2-4
Communal Lament
We lament the millions who cry out, “How Long!?” as they suffer from torture and abuse at the hands of their traffickers…
God of compassion, have mercy on us.
We lament our failure hear the cries of our brothers and sisters trapped in modern Day slavery…
God of compassion, have mercy on us
We lament the biases we hold that make it hard to see the suffering of those around us…
God of compassion, have mercy on us
We lament our complicity in upholding systems of oppression that continue to dehumanize and exploit members of the body of Christ…
God of compassion, have mercy on us
We lament the little and big ways we fail to honor the dignity and beauty of each Individual person…
God of compassion, have mercy on us
We lament the fear and doubt that prevents us from taking action…
God of compassion, have mercy on us
Envision A World Without Slavery
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