CITY CRY

WRITTEN BY PROJECT DESTINY KIDS STAFF MEMBER:
Is anger always bad? No. In fact, it is right to be angered by some things. Remember Christ going into the temple with a whip and overturning tables when He saw that people were using this place to make a profit off of people through unholy means. (No, no, your animal is not good enough to sacrifice to God. You need to buy one of ours.) is what I imagine them saying. And the people had no choice.
When I hear about child abuse, I get angry. Over my years in ministry with kids I have seen a lot of it too. Well, just recently here, it happened again. We know that many of the kids here on the street fled there after abuse. Well, Monday we had a heart breaking case come into our doors.
Cindy ( not her real name) said she is 9 or 10 but looks even younger than that, like a 7 year old. Her story goes that she was raped by a grown man bigger than me about 1 month ago. She was so battered that she could not even walk for 2 weeks after. Her mom is gone to another city and her dad is homeless himself. One of our teens saw some of this happening and said that her 12 year old brother was standing there laughing while it happened. Now she is coming to us for help through her cousin who is also one of our teens who come.
We are just beginning with this girl. We want to take her to the hospital for a doctor to examine her. It is likely that damage has been done to her little body. We will also inform the authorities of all we know for legal action to be taken if they can find this man. He is lucky that I didn't see it happening because I don't know what I would have done, but it would not have been nice but for the restraint of God Himself!
Please pray for this little girl. We are and she is going to need a lot of help - physically, mentally, socially, and above all spiritually by both us and professionals. Being a child on the streets, pray that the help can reach her too.
A personal note to my parents: THANK YOU. I never knew how good I had it until I began seeing first hand cases like these. How a person can do this is beyond me and I believe it involves spiritual forces. How it makes me feel is beyond words. I value the raising I had and still have and you should too if you had it.
So what is Jesus Christ feeling? He knows this little girl better than any of us and loves her and I am sure He is torn to see her hurt. Please pray that He will wrap His mighty arms around her and hold her through this. Thanks.