CULTURAL NORMS THAT SUPPORT SEXUAL VIOLENCE

Mark 10:2 Some Pharisees came and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” 3 “What did Moses command you?” he replied. 4 They said, “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away.” 5 “It was because your hearts were hard that Moses wrote you this law,” Jesus replied. 6 “But at the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female.’ 7 ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife


The book of Deuteronomy is the book where most of the law of Moses is written. It is the ordinance of which the people were to live given the circumstance they were in. It is impossible for a large group of people to live in peace without laws.

Laws are made according to times and people. The law making body looks at the time and then looks at the attitude and behavior of the people. Most laws are made out of the influence of the behavior of the people. If men behaved well then there will be no need of law. That is why in heaven there is no law because there is God and the presence of God brings holiness.

Cultures make norms depending on the people, their attitudes and behaviors and the way of living in the area. Many norms were formed long long time ago at a certain time because of a certain condition then, but are still forcibly followed by the people of a different time with different attitudes, behaviors and ways of living.

When YHWH made the laws, which He handled over to Moses it was out of the brutal hard hardheartedness of the people at that time. Since without having a sense of punishment, people will not do right out of their own will. It is important to understand why laws are formed, it is important to understand how cultural norms are enacted.

In the time of Jesus the Pharisees condemned Jesus of not being a teacher according to the Law of Moses, not of being lawless. Jesus understood their place of argument because they were strictly following what God said they should do. However they were not looking at the times and the people. It was a time that the law was oppressive and the Pharisees hypocrites for pretending not to see the reality of things.

Jesus came and He said He did not come to overrule the law but to fulfill it. In this way as Christ followers we are not lawless and shameless people but the law is complete in Christ. We have no obligation to carry the heavy burden, since the law that Christ gave is one. The law of love. Thou shall your LORD God with all your heart, with all your mind and with all your strength, and you shall love the other like yourself. These covers all, because with the fear of God there is righteousness and with the love for other there is peace, Isaiah 6:1-5, Job 28:28 .

Many people misuse the law to do bad things. Many people call the law what is not to be the law at all. Many people use culture to oppress others. Many are living helplessly because of man imposed culture. This is not right. Therefore, I want to remind women who are victims of cultures that support sexual violence that culture is man imposed, and man can change it.

Since culture is man imposed, it can be changed to suit the people at the time. Many factors should be looked at when changing culture, technology, science, God and grace. Since the law on its own is brutal, the same way culture on its own is brutal. There is a need for grace. Without grace we will be savages, and barbaric.

Almighty God is not barbaric, He does not impose things on people. He is not authoritative. He gives people the freedom to choose the life they want to live. That is why He does not interfere with the lives of people, He only does that when grace is needed. Otherwise people are given bodies to rule them (the government) who are their own people, of their own kind. These are the ones that control and rule the people and interfere with the lives of its people.

Human beings can have freedom, but it must be exercised correctly. Freedom is a very dangerous tool in the hands of malicious and evil people. That is why even God places laws however He puts grace above law. God has a heart and when He uses the law on His children He places His heart before the Law, John 8:1-11, Luke 15:11-32. That is why so many of us are exhempted. This is the meaning of grace; that regardless of what the law says my heart feels mercy for you and so the tight strings of the law is loosed because of my mercy.

Why it will take a time to change a culture, since culture is a mindset of the people. However it is important to renew our minds daily the bible says, Romans 12:2. For the victims of the cultures that support sexual violence, you can renew your mind once you discover the truth. Once you discover the truth, the truth will set you free John 8:32. You will no longer see yourself as a immoral person for going against your culture but you will see that there was no need of that norm in the first place because it does not care for its people.

Another very important step is to separate the people from the culture. See the people as a different entity from the culture. Do not entwine the culture and the people. The culture may not be good but the people may be helpless. By separating the two, you will be able to see the people as victims of the culture just like you. You will understand them, and you might empathize with them. As Jesus did on the cross when looking at the Roman soldiers and all His prosecutors, He said, "Father forgive them, for they know not what they do"

When you are able to separate the people from the Culture then you will be able to forgive the people involved. This is very important especially for victims who have been involved with family. Because of the brutality of the actions it is easy to plant on the family as ruthless, however in the healing and recovering process it is crucial to see the parents as victims of the culture themselves and forgive them because they may be blinded by culture and do not know of a better way of living.

When coming out of an abusive culture do not carry the baggage of the past with you. All it will do is make you bitter, it will hinder your progress. This baggage will make you feel inferior and always remind you that you are different and less fortunate. Instead take the good things from your culture and carry them with you. They will remind you that you do not come from a whole corrupt culture. There is always something good to celebrate from any culture and that is what should be your memory.

Embrace the good and put aside the bad. Remember to come out of it a do it differently, if it is with your own children or by educating other people to do it differently. Be a candle and light up the dark space of the people who have made themselves prisoners of their own culture.

Above all remember, there is only one law, and that is love. Love comes from God, God is love. Where there the presence of God there is righteousness and ease and freedom. Isaiah 6:1-5

BIBLE VERSES 

Romans 12:2 , John 8: 1-11, 32 , Luke 8:43-48

John 15:11-32 , John 11 , Isaiah 6:1-5, Job 28:28

SEXUAL ABUSE: SEX SLAVERY

Genesis 1: 26 Then God said, “Let Us make man(human) in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”So God created man(human) in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

There is always a big misconception when it comes to identity to a victim of sex slavery. Especially women victims of sex slavery. Since sex slavery is so intense and severe the victim experiences extreme self denial. A victim is manipulated into believing she is the property of her pimp or master. She is manipulated to believe she is what she does. Most of the times her name is even not used anymore and she is given a new name or a number or a mark and she becomes someone she never knew should could be. 

Isaiah 61:3..to provide for those who grieve in Zion, to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise in place of a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified. '' God had promised; out of the ashes, will come beauty.

A victims of sex slavery will say she died everyday doing her work. It means inside her the person she was before the slavery keeps on being erased day after day to nothingness. It is a very conflicting reality which they have to endure every single day in the hands of the torturers.

It is important for sex slavery victims to know their true identity. It is important for them to realise who the really are. In this serious case there is a dire need to separate, what is happening to them or what happened to them, who their pimp says they are, who the society says they are, who they think they are and who they truly are. This is a serious and careful process to go through. Since this will separate the truth from the lies.

There after it is important for a victim to take hold of who she is; not her name, not her age, not her family, not her education status but her true identity which is all of mankinds identity. Genesis 1:27 that we are human, we are created in the Likeness and the Image of God. That is who we are. Since it is the loss of identity that makes the victim sink deeper and deeper into hopelessness. There is a freedom that comes from realizing who you are.

Love is the language of heaven. In heaven people from all ethnicity will understand each other. Love is so twisted to victims of sex slavery, especially love from a man. Since men express their love physically through sex more than emotionally through words, victims of sex slavery believe if sex is love then love is evil. They go farther to resent sex and men all together. This is not the case to all but to most, especially victims who were brought into sex slavery when they were very young.

Because the definition of love is so twisted only gentleness can get into their hearts. The only man who can win the trust of a victim is the one who is gentle and loving in a non sexual way. In the Bible there is a story about Mary Magdalene. She was a prostitute. The Bible does not tell us how Jesus casted out seven demons from her, it only tells us that Jesus casted demons from her and other women. Since people went to Jesus to be healed I believe Mary Magdalene together with other prostitute women went to Jesus and asked Him to help them and He delivered them.

When Jesus delivered Mary Magdalene He went on with His ways and Mary went on her ways. Later Mary came to Jesus in a house where He was having super with the priests and without permission she feel onto his feet and started crying. How could this be? why was she crying? What did Jesus do that she could not contain herself but cry on his feet. I believe Jesus was the only man who ever helped Mary Magdalene without caring she was a prostitute and she was considered an outcast of the society.

Jesus`s nonjudgmental act towards her showed her that this man was different. He did not ask her for her money, nor to return any favor but offered her freedom freely and went on his way. She was so used to exchanging love in form of sex for money. There was no man who had ever given her anything freely that is why she thought she owed Jesus her most expensive possession and that was a bottle of fragrance. Which she stored for her most expensive customer, but she broke it and poured it on the feet of Jesus without saying a word but her sobs.

Even then Jesus did not push her away but praised her in public and said her story will forever be remembered. It is important for victims of sex slavery to differentiate affection from sex and love from abuse. With this story of Jesus we see how Jesus displayed affection without physical intimacy which Mary Magdalene was not used to. She probably did not know that the healer was her creator and that He loved her because He made her in His image. "Genesis 1:26 And God said, Let US make man(human) in our image, after our likeness". He knew her, He already loved her from the beginning, there was no need to demonstrate that in any form that to give her what she really needed which was freedom; the ability to live her life anew.

There are other stories about Jesus and prostitutes, and even a hero who saved Israel by helping war spies. She was en-grafted into the tribes of Israel and was married to an Israelite man and later was mentioned in the lineage of Jesus Christ as the great grandmother of David King of Israel. How redemptive is our God? How great is his mercy? How wonderful His grace?

Jesus never despised prostitutes because He created them, He knew their hearts and He loved them because He created them. He spoke to them as if they mattered and helped them. For every victim of sex slavery, it is important to know that she is a child of God before she became a sex slave and she the truest love which is the love from the one who formed all of us is nondiscriminatory.

The most powerful thing about sex slavery victims is the ability to know an free opportunity. Since they have always wanted to escape once they get the slightest of chance they know how to make full use of it. With that they know escape happens once and what awaits after escape is a better than what they endure. So they never misuse opportunities, and are always grateful. That is why Mary Magdalene did not care that everyone knew she was a prostitute and she was unclean to touch a spiritual teacher. She did not care of their stares and all their judgement since she knew that may be was her only opportunity to say thank you to the man who helped her.

Another powerful thing about sex slavery victims is they have the resilient to make themselves strong day after day, they know they have to make themselves stronger each day because what they do needs a strong heart. With that a little hope they get, they maximize it to keep them moving each day. That is why it is important to shine the light of Christ into their hearts to remind them of the true hope, the true love and the true freedom and identifying their true purpose.

Read aloud and repeat Bible verses.

Genesis 1:26, Deuteronomy 31:6 , Matthew 28:20

RAPE

Isaiah 61:7 Instead of shame, My people will have a double portion, and instead of humiliation, they will rejoice in their share; and so they will inherit a double portion in their land, and everlasting joy will be theirs

Dear girl,
Precious girl, daughter of the king. You are loved beyond measure and you are treasured. You are written in the palm of the Almighty God, the Great Supreme creature of the universe. He is bigger than the sky and this whole world put together. He loves you, you are his special daughter and He knows your name.

Even before you were born He knew you. He knew your name and prepared a beautiful and bright future for you. Just the same way parents prepare a beautiful room for their new born child, He prepared your future before you were born. He wanted the best for you.

Today, life has not been all that great. You are a victim of a outrageous crime. You have been raped. You are shuttered inside, you feel lost, you feel betrayed, you feel destroyed, you are angry at the world. You do not see the joy of living, you do not care you live or die. You do not think anyone will care you live or die either.

That is not the truth. I want you to learn a game of the mind. I know you are smart you will understand. If you have seen people play chess you will see there are pieces on two sides of the board. These pieces have different colors. Most of the times the colors are black and white. There are sixteen pieces on each side of the board each black or white.

Place this example in your mind and see the world this way. There are two sides of the world. There is the dark side and there is the light side. In those sides there are different people. In this world just like the game of chess, they get to mix up together on the same board. The white does not stay only with the white and the black only with the black.

The same as life, there are bad people and there are good people. There is the bad side and there is the good side. The bad people will sometimes move around the good people and the good people will find themselves among bad people. This is how life goes on, until the end when God who is light will take his people away to a safer place where there will be no hurt and no pain.

In your mind learn to separate these things. How you feel, what happened, and the reality of life at present. Most of the times victims of rape are stuck in their own minds even though circumstances may have changed. You mind may not be suggesting right things to you. It is important to understand your mind as a separate entity, your emotions as a separate entity and the situation at present as a separate entity. Do not be captured in your mind and be a prisoner.

The first and biggest step to take is exposure. When you stay looked up within your own mind it is possible to drown in it. First stop isolating yourself and get out. Be involved in a community of survivors and you will see that you are not alone. There are so many strong girls like you. You will realize the strength you have and the major step you took to be positive.

Returning back to God, why did God allow this all to happen to you? I have no answer, but I can say when Jesus was suffering and dying on the cross God was silent. Jesus cried out "Eloi! Eloi! why have you forsaken me?" God did not answer back and say ' You are my beloved son with whom I am proud of.' He was silent. Jesus did not hear Him. God may sometimes not tell us the reason of our suffering but just like Jesus the cross could not hold Him any more, the grave could not hold Him anymore. He resurrected, and by His death and Resurrection He won over the power of death, the grave and sheol(hell) forever.

He rose to heaven and God exhaulted Him above all powers. He was given the honor sit at the right hand of God where He rules forever. He is forever victorious and forever a Champion. The stripes and the cross are His past. The Bible tells us in Ephesians 2:"4 But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5 made us alive with Christ, even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved! 6 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus."

When the devil thought he had finished Jesus; he had killed him and there was no longer alive, God brought Him out from the death. I sometimes believe why God did not reveal the mystery of why Jesus had to endure all the suffering and death was so as the devil will not know the victorious power that came after it.

If the devil knew that by crucifying Jesus it was going to unleash the greatest movement in life, and give Jesus the greatest crown of victory in heaven he would have never allowed Jesus to die. 1 Corinth 2; 7 "No, we speak of the mysterious and hidden wisdom of God, which He destined for our glory before time began. 8 None of the rulers of this age understood it. For if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory." My sister, sometimes we have no answer to life`s greatest question. WHY?. We can only know that great suffering bared with grace is equal to greater glory.

You can turn your tragedy to a testimony. The fact that God let you see the light of today, is that; He knows you have the strength to survive another day. You are already victorious, you are already a champion. I want you to know that you will recover. As long as there is life there is hope. You will be alright. You will eventually forgive and you will eventually start your new life and you will find a reason to smile again. You will turn out an overcomer.

Read aloud and repeat Bible verses over and over:

1 Peter 2:9, Isaiah 49:1 , Jeremiah 31:3 , Jeremiah 1:5 

Isaiah 43: 1 (Put your name) , Psalm 27:10 , Isaiah 49:15

Revelation 21:4 , Psalm 47:3 , Isaiah 61:7

PSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE

Psalm 139:13-17. “For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother’s womb. I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvelous are Your works, and that my soul knows very well. My frame was not hidden from You, when I was made in secret, and skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, the days fashioned for me, when as yet there were none of them. How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them!"


Psychological sexual abuse; These are the detrimental, sexually vulgar words that are spoken to a person over a period of time for the aim of demeaning a person ,that eventually turn out to be abusive. The perpetrators of psychological abuse always look for an emotionally vulnerable victim to abuse. This victim is a person who is emotionally codependent on the abuser.

The abuser will act narcissistic by blaming the victim for the abuse. Caution is needed to address these victims because they may not realize they are entangled in a Stockholm syndrome. This mostly happens within a sexual relationship and mostly within marriage. Where the partner is the only source of emotional support.

The victim is repeatedly abused due to her body weight, size, physical features, mental state, and ability or inability to perform sexually. These abuses become a sort of allegation against the partner. They appear as some sort of tattooed weaknesses on the victim. She seems to see them as an inbred part of who she is.

Name calling, public humiliation, cyber shaming, malicious jokes, bullying and many other ways of demonstrations are performed to demean the victim. This is not necessarily based on true facts but on the bad character of the abuser. The victims carry in life a demeaned self worth, a spirit of inferiority and a pursuit to better themselves which may not always be healthy.

Psychological sexual abuse is not mostly reported because of shame as well as fear of the abuser. In most cases the victims will be able to recover if she speaks out the abuse to an empathetic third party. The case of psychological sexual abuse is serious because it is traumatizing. It falls in the category of sexual abuse because the victim verbal abuse is based on sex.

The treatment of these cases is the same as for the cases of rape, molestation or even sex slavery. There should go through series of the Truth of the Word of God which is a pure base of who they truly are. They should also isolate themselves from their abusers no matter the bond. They should find a group who care about them and are genuinely open to discussing body shaming, cyber abuse, bullying and so forth.

They should partake in the healing process of renewing their minds to becoming the woman they never thought they are; a true beloved beautiful daughter of God. Negative influences should be broken, a wrong pattern of life should be stopped and adopted by a healthy pattern of life. Taking the time out of sexual relationships until the have fully gain confidence and self worth.

READ AND REPEAT TRUTHS

Romans 8:31-39, Psalm 139:13-17, Matthew 25: 31-46

Isaiah 61:1-3 , Luke 8:17 , Psalm 34:18

Zephaniah 3:14-15 , Isaiah 62:3-5 , 1 Peter 2:9-10 , John 8:32

FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION

Joshua 1: 9 Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.

It is never too late too late to start something new in life. The death of one thing always means the birth of something new. This is the law of life and the circle in nature. At the death of anything something comes out of it. Nothing becomes lost completely. Even a seed for it to grow it must first dry and be tossed or dug underground only then will it come out as a new shoot and finally a plant.

Female Genital Mutilation is not a hopeless situation. We should not be drowned in the pool of self pity and sit at the party of pity. Pity does not do anything but make a victim remain a victim. Bravery comes from courage and courage is a strength that comes from knowing weakness but submerging it with boldness.

As a victim of Female Genital Mutilation do not accept a life of self pity. Do not accept it in your life, you are much stronger than that. You have come out of something not meant for weak people, many have died in the hands of the mutilators but you have made it. You have cried your tears, you have mourned your loss, what has passed is gone, what is ahead is requires strength.

As you go through womanhood and its challenges it reminds you that you have been violated with out your consent. A hero in the army is honored not for just fighting the battle but for fighting the battle under extreme hardship. If a soldier looses his leg in a battle but still won the combat. He goes home, he is treated and recovers and above all that he still goes back to the grounds with one leg and an aid to win another combat, he is a champion in deed.

He has the strength to accept that part of an organ that is important to him for combat is gone. However the war has not ended, with both legs or with just a leg he still has to go on. My sister what happened to you was unfair, and unjust take it as one of the things all men has to endure in the hands of wicked people.

Apostle Paul for example in his journey to the nations in 2 Corinthians 11:23 Are they ministers of Christ?—I speak as a fool—I am more: in labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often. 24 From the Jews five times I received forty stripes minus one. 25 Three times I was beaten with rods; once I was stoned; three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I have been in the deep; 26 in journeys often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils of my own countrymen, in perils of the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; 27 in weariness and toil, in sleeplessness often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness— 28 besides the other things, what comes upon me daily: my deep concern for all the churches.

What more can we say of Jesus who went through horrendous torture to the point he was disfigured and unrecognizable completely. Isaiah 52: 13-15 Christian Standard Bible. See, my servant will be successful;
he will be raised and lifted up and greatly exalted.
14 Just as many were appalled at you—
his appearance was so disfigured
that he did not look like a man,
and his form did not resemble a human being—
15 so he will sprinkle many nations.
Kings will shut their mouths because of him,
for they will see what had not been told them, and they will understand what they had not heard.

Take courage in what has happen to you, be brave and look up and not down on your-self. Truly in this world there is tribulation Jesus said John 16:33, but take heart He has overcome the world. Each and everyone has his or her own tribulation. Do not worry, do not put it all on your self. You too are strong and you too will overcome.

The first thing that is vital in healing to release your heart. It means, to loosen your heart and set it free by releasing all the disappointment, betrayal, heartache, anger you feel inside. They do not do any good to you, like a worn and solid sanitary tissue it is to be thrown away. If you keep wearing it, it will make you smell and you will catch an infection.

Carrying things of the past burden your heart and steal joy from you. Release your heart for no one but your self. Say to yourself you will forgive, you will let loosen your heart, you deserve to feel free. You deserve to treat yourself good. Carry only the things that will make you happy, only the memories of the good and not the bad.

Even though FGM took part of your body it did not take your femininity. You are still a full woman. You are beautiful, and worthy. There is nothing wrong with yourself. You are still God`s masterpiece. Learn to love yourself, because in this sad world no body does it for you. You deserve to be beautiful, you are not less than other women. You are unique because of it.

Treat yourself well, adorn yourself. See yourself as beautiful and carry yourself as a beautiful lady. You will appreciate yourself more and you will see that FGM did not steal your joy, because on the outside no one will see the difference between you and any other woman. You will eventually learn that you are not different from any other woman, you just have a scar. This is not to marginalize you but to help you not to feel inferior.

Here is another verse to strengthen you, 2 Corinthians 12: 6 For if I want to boast, I wouldn’t be a fool, because I would be telling the truth.† But I will spare you, so that no one can credit me with something beyond what he sees in me or hears from me, 7 especially because of the extraordinary revelations. Therefore, so that I would not exalt myself, a thorn in the flesh† was given to me, a messenger of Satan† to torment me so that I would not exalt myself. 8 Concerning this, I pleaded with the Lord three times that it would leave me. 9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power† is perfected in weakness.”†

Therefore, I will most gladly boast all the more about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may reside in me. 10 So I take pleasure in weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and in difficulties, for the sake of Christ.† For when I am weak, then I am strong.

Child Issues: CHILD PORNOGRAPHY

Psalm 11: 3 If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?” Matthew 7:24 “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock

Child pornography and child prostitution is from a destroyed foundation. To raise up a child you must do it in a firm foundation, there must be conditions suitable for the healthy upbringing of a child. However that is not the case with the issue of Child pornography and child prostitution, the case is mostly a broken family or a dysfunctional base.

A child can never be left out to venture for herself, she must be in the hands of an adult until she can be able to decide for her life. Most of the times girls who end up in child prostitution were left to venture on their own and became targets of malicious people who took advantage of the fact that they had no adult to care for them.

These little girls will recall all they wanted was love and someone to genuinely care about them. They were coaxed by the sweet gestures and promises of their abusers because they confused their gesture with love. If they had known the real definition of love at all they would have never fallen for those kinds of traps. However the foundation of a healthy family was broken and a child was left wondering on her own.

Sometimes the ones who put a child into prostitution are the parents, they deceive the girl to believe that they care for them by making her do unimaginable acts. The child willingly submits without protesting because she believes her parents truly are doing the best for her. These people are raising a child in a wrong foundation, they are bringing up a destined child of God in the wrong way.

For a victim of child prostitution all hope is not gone, even if the foundations that brought her up were dysfunctional and broken she can rebuild her life in the new foundation of the truth. The truth being the word of God. It is necessary for this child to be close to a stable environment as much as possible. It is necessary for the word of God to be the foundation of this child. The morals and values she will learn from the Bible will help her, they will be contrary to what she is brought up at home. She will be able to know the truth, not to be naive so as she may not be deceived.

Even if her whole community is messed up, all she sees is the same story. There is always a need of light in darkness. I repeat light will be needed in the presence of darkness. The truth of the word of God in the level a child can interpret is necessary. These will help her to make wise decisions because she will not be a child always. She will grow up and she will need the foundations of what brought her up to hold her through life. If she did not get the right tools for her life she will not be a positive impact to the society, but if something cut through her unsteady roots and planted a solid foundation based on the truth of the word of God she will recover.

Even if this child is later rescued from child pornography and child pornography at the age of adult hood, the right foundation can still be built in this person. First there must be a destruction of the first foundation because it did not match up to the light of God. A honest person is needed to speak into the life of this person with guidance. Since this process does take time and patience to shape this person to who God wanted them to be. For you never know what was hidden beneath and what this child can become.

Its important not to remind the child of the life she lived before but to look forward for what she can become. Romans 8:1-2 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

Once the child starts living in the new found truth, the old has gone and she is a black page ready to be written on. Her story has just began, it is exciting what God can do to the life of this person. Since many years have been lost God usually recovers them in a blast. Joel 2:25-32, Job 42;10-17,1 Samuel 1:19.In this new life she must remember it is not of her own but God`s special grace that took her from a wretched life to a wholesome life. Since many may have been left in the life she come out of.

It is also important to address problem of loss. She will feel a sense of loss. Especially loss of a healthy relationship with her parents or the people who raise her. At this stage the child should be introduced to the supreme fatherly love of God. She should be reminded that God cares for her, He loves her and He has never left her, even though her parents never showed her love. She should be constantly reminded that she has never lost love because God had always loved her.

Child Issues: CHILD PROSTITUTION

Children are often forced by social structures and individual agents into situations in which adults take advantage of their vulnerability and sexually exploit and abuse them by selling them or selling their bodies. Structure and agency commonly combine to force a child into commercial sex: for example, the prostitution of a child frequently follows from prior sexual abuse, often in the child's home.


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