This evening, my family and I decided to rent a movie. This isn't such an abnormal thing. My mom and I decided that the movie "Drive" sounded interesting. We got home, ate dinner and started the movie. It started out slow, and I figured it would be just another boring movie. But the more time we spent watching the movie, the more my spirit became uneasy. It was so consumed with darkness, I couldn't help feeling overwhelmed and physically sick. I'm not a fan of blood and gore, but especially when it's just surrounded in darkness. The movie was about a man who was the get away driver for people who robbed different places...that in and of itself wasn't what made me sick. The movie took a turn when it showed the disturbing life of the mob.
I went up to my room after the movie and turned on worship music. I prayed for the Lord to fill my mind and thoughts with peace, and his goodness. He did and it was amazing. I was sitting trying to read a novel, but couldn't concentrate. I decided I would go to bed. I began to pray. Last night I had the opportunity to hear a woman speak at my church. If one thing stuck out to me last night, it was the fact that we as Christians so many times pray only for the goodness in life. We thank God for his blessings, ask for more blessings, maybe give him glory...but we don't often pray for the stuff that's hard. During worship last night, we sang "Break Every Chain." The song has been stuck in my head all day. And as I was laying down, trying to fall asleep, I was listening to it on repeat. I then began to pray for the people who lived the reality of the film I had just seen. Because wheather or not we like to face it, it is something that is truly a reality. The more I began to pray, the more the Lord brought me to one scene. It was in an underground club, and there were tons of women...they really had no significance in the movie. In fact, in the scene they were just a backdrop. But my heart got so moved to these women. I couldn't help but start interceeding for them. I then reached a point in my prayer where I felt like I needed to use a practice I learned in YWAM. There are people all over the world who have such un-berable strongholds in their lives, who need prayer like you wouldn't believe. And WE as believers can interceed for these people! We may never meet them, know where they are, or what will happen, but we can pray for them. I asked the Lord to give me a specific name of a woman here in Colorado who is facing these horrible realities. A picture of a young blonde with pink streaks cut to about her chin came to my mind. And also a name. Hanna (pronounced Haw-na). And also another. A dark long, slightly curly haired young woman named Ellise. Both had dark brown eyes. Anyway, I began to pray for these woman. I don't know if they were metephorical, or if these women actually exist. But my heart was so overwhelmed for them. Tears came to my eyes, as I started getting realizations about their lives. Their realities. I was overwhelmed with the knowledge that while I get to wake up every morning, read my Bible, see incredible friends, and family, all of whom love me, these women don't even have the slightest clue what true love looks like. Their reality is literally hell on earth. My heart broke...it's still breaking. I couldn't fall asleep. I got out of bed and found my mom. I asked her to join me in praying for these women. These women who's lives I can't even imagine living. Those of you reading this, like me are blessed beyond anything by the fact that we get to know the love of people, the love of our incredible Savior...and if you are at all like me, your reality doesn't consist of a broken heart and life in which you can see no end.
I know this blog is far different that the ones I usually write. This subject has always been a very tender one for me. But I beg of you, please, interceed for these broken women. Our Lord has given us SO much power through prayer. I know it's so hard to find a way to get involved. Where would we even start? I know that is so many of our thoughts...mine included. But brothers and sisters, the power of prayer is INCREDIBLE! It DOES make a difference! I would ask if you are reading this, PLEASE lift up your voices to the Lord! We already have victory! Christ overcame when he died on the cross! We just have to embrace it and declare it! Declare light over darkness! Declare freedom, chains broken! Declare that the light is so bright and blinding that nothing but Christ's love and healing can be seen! Please, I urge you, pray for justice...this entry is more of a call for us as believers to come together and bring light to an issue that breaks the Lord's heart. Pray that true love WILL be something they experience. Pray that they know no matter where they are, what they've done, what they've seen, what's been done to them, that the Creator of the Heavens is the Creator of THEM and he loves them! He sees them as beautiful and whole. Pure and precious. Pray that one day freedom comes. Pray that they know true love. The love of the one and only Savior. Thank you for reading!
