Well, the Walk of Hope is over now, but the WORK of hope continues. Each year, thousands of girls and young women are trafficked around the world for various reasons, but usually for the sex trade. We as believers have something they do not have, and that is Hope. The Bible says that we are always to be ready to give an answer for the Hope we have within us. AS we go through this life we are to be Salt and light - light shines into darkness and brings hidden things into the open, salt makes us thirsty. We should be living our lives in such a way that we are shining out into the darkness, exposing things that need to be exposed, but we should also be "salty" enough that people who know us will be thirsty for what we have. THEN, as they ask us questions, we can give an answer for the Hope we have within.
It is my desire that this walk will have made some people thirsty and will have directed some light onto a subject that is very easy for us to leave "in the dark" so we do not have to deal with it. I hope that more people will get involved in reaching out to the victims of trafficking, to help them in practical ways to regain some hope in their lives, to love them the way God loves us - unconditionally. And I also pray that some of these ladies will find the real Hope that we have - life in Christ Jesus.
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