Thursday, January 8, 2009

this is what bothers me....what bothers you?

tonight youth was amazing! daniel did an awesome job leading worship, and my lil bro even lead a song! yay matthew!!!
Jason preached an awesome message, titled "bothered" and just shot off a bunch of facts about injustice and how we need to be aweare of it, and let it bother us so that we take action. some of the facts i knew already, like the fact that there are 27 million, yes, 27....million! slaves in the world today...you may sit there and be like "what? slavery has been abolished tons of years ago" but they say there are more slaves today then there ever have been in history! ever since i first heard about the not for sale campaign it has bothered me, and for awhile i kinda got distracted my life and forgot about it for awhile, but lately i have been thinking about it more and im going to look into ways to help!! i think first i will start off by buying a shirt! yay shopping :D and yah, for more info check out their website,
www.notforsalecampaign.org
one of another thing close to my heart is abortion. one stat Jay had stood out to me, it was that there are 3700 abortions everyday in the US, and i understand that its a US stat, but we are probably about the same, if not worse. abortion not only takes the life of the child, but in most cases the mom comes out as a wreck, most fall into depression, and then effects on them, well, i cant even imagine!!
i have such a heart for children, and so the slavery (being mostly woman and children) and abortion, really bother me!! and im gonna do as Jason challenged us to, im going to set some time aside and research both a little more, and although im unsure of what my next step with either thing is, there is one thing i can always do, and thats pray.
so i challenge you, as Jason has me, to look for an injustice that bothers you, some other ideas are, lack of clean water, poverty, hunger, homelessness, find that thing that just gets you so mad and take the first step, research it, find out more, and keep it in your prayers, and i know God will provide a way for me to help, for you to help, even if its just prayer, or donating money, or going out there in the middle of the action, all we need to do is be willing and take that first step, and Gods there, right beside us, every step of the way!
so what bothers you? and what are you gonna do about it?

2 comments:

tess stieben said...

good one Breanne, I believe the human race is probably the most inhumane. We were at an art show at Kings University recently that related to the issues of the slave trade and homelessness. The slave trade of sex workers in Canada is unbelievable, right under our very noses.

Brad Huebert said...

Breanne,

Thanks for this post. And the reminder. I need that.
Thanks, too, for reading my blog. It means a lot. May you ever experience the unfolding, magnificent love and grace of the King!