I thank God for friends with sound music taste. Otherwise, I’d still be listening to Zeppelin, like it was the only music ever created.
I went to Flyleaf on Friday. If you’re not familiar with this band, get familiar. The show was in a word, loud. Loud enough that for the next two days, I heard I15 traffic in my right ear all day. This probably was not good, since deafness is genetic in my family as we get old.
While Deafness to me will be a physical reality in 20 or so years, it is also something that plagues our society in general. Lacey brought, in a very powerful and life giving way, attention to the plight of young women who are the victims of Sex Trafficking during the concert. Often these girls are very young (like children), often sold into slavery by their own families. I cannot even imagine how that becomes “an option”… Human trafficking is occurring all over the world today, and sex trafficking is among the most heinous of all. It is probably going on in your own neighborhood. You should fight it. Here are some good resources to get involved:
if you’re in Utah:
Operation 61 is putting together a fundraiser 5/10k run this weekend designed to benefit other human trafficking organizations and to reach, rescue and restore women and men locally, and around the world. I really encourage you to participate.
Grace and Peace,
Parsnips