This is Part 4.
It was pressed on my spirit (New Year's Day) to do a post on this topic. This is dear to my heart and it's my prayer after you read this, you will be moved to action. I now share my thoughts (intermingled with a fellow advocate or two) as to why the judicial system/government is failing abused children.
It was pressed on my spirit (New Year's Day) to do a post on this topic. This is dear to my heart and it's my prayer after you read this, you will be moved to action. I now share my thoughts (intermingled with a fellow advocate or two) as to why the judicial system/government is failing abused children.
Article 2 (this one focuses on suicide – which the rate for
children is increasing):
Article 3:
Article 4:
When I think about the articles above, only one can shake
their head. Not only do I shake my head, but I also cry for the children who
are neglected, abandoned and left for dead (whether physically, mentally or
spiritually). As I am an abuse survivor, I believe there should be justice as
well as mercy. I’ll explain as I go.
The first article about the mother cutting off her abuser’s
genitals, I understand her frustration (not justifying her actions), but at the
same time, she needed to know if what she believed was really true. It’s sad
that the justice system is more than willing to punish anyone who takes the law
into their hands, but at the same time, they will turn around and let the
abuser to run rampant. It’s not all the justice system’s fault, a lot of the
blame resides in the family structure.
The second article sends chills down my back. To see
children so young die for whatever reason is an adult’s worst nightmare. What makes
this story so chilling is this: the mother and aunt were home when the girls
hung themselves. I mention my thoughts on that in the final paragraph.
The third article should make everybody cringe. A mother (as
you see in the photo cheesing away) sexually abuses her children. We spend so
much time focusing on the abuser and not caring for those who can’t defend
themselves. And here’s the sad part of this article: she’s being held on 2
million dollars bond on the charges of sexual abuse of a child under 12 years
old and child neglect. No offense: if it had been someone of color, the abuser
would be immediately in jail on a life sentence (or even worse, if an abused
child tries to protect him/herself, they would end up in jail and the abuser
gets a slap on the wrist). And we wonder why we are in the shape we’re in.
The fourth article takes place in a different country, but it
actually angers me to the core. Now this is really destroy something beautiful
that God created, virginity and purity! For a mother to have children and sell
them to sexual predators is a heinous crime. The infamous question I have to
ask is this: are the children being prayed for, in counseling? Their innocence
was robbed! As for the mother, who was being extremely selfish and devilish to
rob these girls of their virginity for money, she needs mercy (because I have a
gut feeling she was molested) and justice for she knew of the crime she did! Rhonda
Walker (author of Healing The Rage Within says this): This is
sad and I feel for the young girls. What goes through a mothers head to make
the decision to prostitute her daughters? I mean her daughters are in her
image...why does she hate herself so much and why does she hate her daughters?
We know hurt people hurt people so I wonder if this was done to her. I wonder
if this is her norm? I Hope and pray her daughters get the help they need and
for the ones missing, I pray they are safe.
It’s like the judicial system/government want these children
to die. In fact, the government should go on and say, since we don’t like what
God has ordained (the family structure), let’s break down the family by first
and foremost strip the child from the family and then we will do as we did in
the Bible days, kill children at will. Pharaoh wanted Hebrew boys under 2 to be
killed and Herod wanted babies under 2 to be killed.
I ask this question in my fictional memoir Deaf, Dumb, Blind
& Stupid: “And WHY, isn’t anything done to the parent or the abuser? How do
we rectify this problem? Parents, you are to love and protect your children.
Once you become a parent, it is no longer about what is convenient for YOU...
you are now charged with caring for the life of your child until that child is
able to care for him or herself. And one never stops being a parent, even until
old age. So, what do we do? Say to the abused, “the Lord says to forgive and
get over it?” That’s not an easy fix for someone who has suffered under the
hands of the enemy who’s trying to kill them. To add insult to injury, no
charges are brought up against the abusers who are in some cases even protected
by other adults – and cursed is the victim. I’m not saying the victim should go
on living life constantly as the victim, but in the midst of the abuse, why
curse the victim?”
