FREEDOM

Last night, I started commenting on a social media post asking what people thought about the movie “Sound of Freedom,” and it disappeared. The post had only been up for two hours and had only 99 responses, several of which were disturbingly mocking. I wonder if the forum deleted it or the author did, but here is my comment.

Check out the current statistics on http://www.missingkids.org, the website of The National Center For Missing And Exploited Children.

Trafficking has been going on for ages. I think of Johnny Gosch, the young boy delivering newspapers on his bike early in November 1982 in Des Moines, Iowa. He just disappeared, leaving his bike and newspapers behind. His mother started a web page dedicated to finding him, and his disappearance was instrumental in starting the practice of putting the faces of missing children on milk cartons. Whatever happened to that?

There was a televised documentary about the case, and several “sightings” were reported, but despite the clues and strange occurrences over the years, his family never got closure. He was 12 years old and has been missing for over 40 years. It is still an open case.

Thousands of missing kids and teens have been in the United States over the years that the media haven’t reported. Trafficking and organ harvesting is a worldwide money-making industry that is now exposed in full force, so it’s no big surprise the people most likely to profit are trying to suppress and politicize the movie. I hate to guess at the motivations of the average critical person.

If you haven’t seen the movie, please do so. Pray for all the people who are missing in the world and for their families.

Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. Romans 12:21

Reflection: How can I use good to fight evil? How can I protect myself and those I love?