-1 Corinthians 6:19
Very recently 150 Yazidi women and young girls killed themselves after being forced to become Islamic State sex slaves. Some of the survivors helped share their stories..
- I'm not talking about this to make people upset, I'm doing it because no one else will talk about it.
The husbands, brothers, sons, uncles, etc. of these women were immediately butchered by the Islamic State.
The "less attractive" women were separated for special rape treatment.
As soon as one girl knew this was happening, she went to a nearby bathhouse in Northern Iraq and slashed her wrists.
These women chose to take their own lives over the lives the Islamic State decided they could force them to have.
The bodies of those who did commit suicide were given to the dogs as meals..
-Stories like this one are the ones we don't share. We prefer not to think these things are happening in the world we live in, but they are. We can't keep sitting back doing nothing. These women don't have a voice of their own, and that's why God gave us one.
We are their voice!
What if this was us? Our family? Friends? Even someone we barely knew.. We'd be devastated. Awareness needs to be brought to these kind of topics, and people need to stop being scared to get up and take a stand for them.
These women and men need to know they are LOVED! They are to DIE for. They need to know that they are prayed for daily. God has a plan for them too.. His plan for them isn't finished there. He's not even close to done! But, if we sit back and do nothing we aren't glorifying Him at all.
In fact, God has already told us to not worry, to not be afraid, to spread the gospel to all nations, that we are strong, that He is always with us... so what are we waiting for?
'He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation."'
-Mark 16:15
"Cast all your worries on Him, because He cares for you."
-1 Peter 5:7
"The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and He helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise Him."
-Psalm 28:7
So lets be BOLD! Let's stand up for what we believe in and glorify God while doing it.
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