Further Discussion on Human Trafficking
Thank you so much for all the positive comments about my post on the subject of human trafficking. I am finding that people from all over the world are responding to this horrific crime against women and children. My heart aches for them as night after night they are being exploited. Did you know that the total market value of illicit human trafficking is estimated to be in excess of $32 billion? Child trafficking is one of the fastest growing crimes in the world. UNICEF values the global market of child trafficking at over 12 billion a year with over 2 million child victims. Men, women and children are all victims, but the most vulnerable groups are those with limited rights and these children have been hit the hardest. 1.2 million children are being trafficked every year; this is in addition to the millions already held captive. Every two minutes a child is being prepared for sexual exploitation (UNICEF). People are trafficked from 127 countries to be exloited in 137 countries (UN).
That is why I continue to roar for the Sarah’s of the world. I have written a song that I would like to share with you. I am asking God for the melody so that it can be sung across the world. Here it is and I pray that it will touch someone today. I see Jesus reaching down to them through you and me.
SARAH’S SONG
By Julaine Christensen
Sept. 15, 2011
I SAW YOU ON THE STREET
AND COULDN’T UNDERSTAND
WHAT MADE A GIRL LIKE YOU
GIVE IN TO THIS MAN
A CHILD IN A WOMAN’S BODY
ALL MADE UP FOR THE NIGHT
YOUR HIGH-HEELED SHOES AND BACKPACK
YOUR HAIR PULLED UP TIGHT
INTO THE STREET YOU WALK
WHO WOULD BUY YOU TONIGHT
THAT IS HOW THEY CLAIMED YOU
THEIR GIRL FOR THE NIGHT
I KNOW THIS WASN’T YOUR DREAM
THAT DAY YOU RAN AWAY
JUST WANTED A LITTLE FREEDOM
TO SEE THE WORLD A DIFFERENT WAY
BUT NOW YOU ARE TRAPPED
NO WHERE TO GO
ONLY FADED MEMORIES
OF A LONG TIME AGO
GOD SPOKE YOUR NAME TO ME
I HEARD YOUR CRIES TONIGHT
GOD TOLD ME YOUR STORY
I PROMISE WE WILL FIGHT
FOR THOSE CAUGHT IN THE BATTLE,
TRAPPED AND OUT OF SIGHT
NO MAN CAN HOLD YOU HOSTAGE
WHEN MOTHERS BEGIN THEIR FIGHT
SARAH , SARAH, THIS IS YOUR SONG
I SING IT TO YOU; IT WON’T BE LONG
WE ARE WEEPING AND WAILING
FOR WHAT HAS BEEN DONE
TO THE CHILDREN OF OUR NATION
TRAFFICKING, THE CRIME UNSONG
SARAH, PRINCESS, IT WON’T BE LONG.
Will you pass this on to the world so that their song can be heard across the ocean and here in the US. Sarah, we are hearing your voice. We are responding the only way we can…we are praying for you, my princess.
Julaine