Just One Person

As we look at the problems of the world, we often lament: How can I really even make a difference? I'm just one person!

Consider this: Has ONE PERSON ever made a difference in YOUR life?

I read a heart-breaking true story today. A grown woman recalled walking home from school one afternoon when she was just 10 years old. Along the way, she was assaulted by a group of teenage boys who knocked her to the ground and laughed wildly as they beat her up: kicking her, pulling her hair, hitting her and scratching her face while she screamed and cried.

As she was struggling and crying, she saw a boy standing across the street on the sidewalk, silently watching. This little girl screamed at the top of her lungs, "Help meeeee!"

He just stood there.

She screamed again, "Go get someone!"

He didn't move.

The teen boys eventually gave her one last shove before they ran off, leaving her with not just physical injuries - but a traumatized soul.

I cannot state strongly enough that this is what is happening to young girls in Cambodia on a daily basis - only to a more horrifying degree!!!

Are we going to be like the boy across the sidewalk? Aware of their plight, but standing silent and unmoved? Do we think that because this problem is half a world away that God is okay with this kind of response from us?

God is clear: Give justice to the poor and the orphan; uphold the rights of the oppressed and the destitute. ~ Psalm 82:3

Half a world away, a little girl is screaming out: Help meeeee! Go get someone!

I want her to know that help is on the way - because Almighty God in heaven heard her cry and He came and "got me". He said: Rescue the poor and helpless; deliver them from the grasp of evil people. ~ Psalm 82:4

Can one person really make a difference? I know my answer. What's yours?