Time to Speak

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Today I went to Kettering to see a friend. We drove around Dayton looking for some Thai food. I observed the downtown Dayton businesses in a way I have not seen them before.

When we got out of the car to see if the restaurant was open, I noticed that the neighborhood was littered with girlie bars, strip clubs, and adult shops. I have seen those before and have felt disgusted, but today I felt more than disgust, I felt sorrow.

I felt sorrow because I saw them as possible businesses of sex traffickers. Women's faces came to my mind and I saw people who are scared, abused, and do not realize what love is. I saw men who are not controlled, who think they're just having fun. I saw other men who understand what they're doing and want more. More money, more power, more success. Today my heart was saddened in a way it has not been at the sight of downtown "night life". Praise the Lord, today He has grown my heart.

What to do, what to do?

Just take a step...and more will follow.

It is time to act - with words.

How can that be enough? How can that matter?

Will any of this make a difference?
Is that mine to decide?

Hmmm....
Nope. I guess it's not mine to decide.
It is my opportunity to cause an effect in whatever way the Lord would choose to use and direct it.

May He be glorified and may people know His love.