I REMEMBER ARI, THE GIRL WHO GREW UP ON THE TRASH DUMP. SATAN'S GOAL WASN'T JUST TO DESTROY HER PHYSICALLY. IT WAS TO DESTROY HER SOUL: TO CONVINCE HER THAT SHE DIDN'T MATTER, THAT NO ONE LOVED HER, THAT GOD DIDN'T CARE, AND THAT SHE WAS GARBAGE. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING--WHAT GOD CARES ABOUT AND WHAT SATAN WANTS TO DESTROY--IS A PERSON'S SOUL, A SOUL LIKE ARI'S. I NEED TO BE EVER MINDFUL THAT POVERTY ISN'T JUST ABOUT AIDS. IT'S NOT ABOUT CLEAN WATER. IT'S NOT ABOUT A LACK OF SAFE HOUSING. IT'S NOT ABOUT POOR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. IT'S NOT ABOUT LACK OF SANITATION.
IT'S ABOUT SOULS.
IT'S ABOUT A BOY ORPHANED BY AIDS, WITHOUT PARENTS TO LOVE HIM AND TELL HIM HE MATTERS. IT'S ABOUT A MAN WHO FEELS NO DIGNITY OR PURPOSE BECAUSE HE'S NEVER HAD THE EDUCATION OR OPPORTUNITY TO BE WHO GOD CREATED HIM TO BE. IT'S ABOUT A WOMAN WHO BURIES HER SOUL AND SELLS HERSELF BECAUSE SHE FEELS SHE HAS NO OTHER CHOICE AND DOESN'T MATTER ANYWAY.
PEOPLE MATTER. GOD CREATED EACH UNIQUE SOUL AND LOVES EACH ONE AND HAS A PURPOSE FOR EACH ONE--EVEN IF THAT INDIVIDUAL IS LIVING IN A SLUM SURROUNDED BY DARKNESS, FILTH, AND DESPAIR. GOD HAS AS MUCH A PLAN FOR PEOPLE IN POVERTY--EVERY SINGLE ONE--AS HE DOES FOR ME.
[TAKEN FROM 'HOPE LIVES' BY AMBER VAN SCHOONEVELD]
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