Because They Have Names

Proverbs 31:8-9

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8 Open your mouth for the mute,

    for the rights of all who are destitute.[a]

9 Open your mouth, judge righteously,

    defend the rights of the poor and needy.

Psalm 82:4

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4 Rescue the weak and the needy;

    deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”

Isaiah 43:1b

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“Fear not, for I have redeemed you;

    I have called you by name, you are mine.

I tried to take a moment to read each name from the list of kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls, but it called for more than a moment.  It called for my prayers.  These girls we call ours are also God's.  His Son died for the evil we perpetuate upon one another.   What I can't understand, He does; and I can trust Him.  So I pray for the Heavenly Father's dearly loved Nigerian daughters that they will be brought back home.   

Sara Groves - I Saw What I Saw