Love in Action
The vision of Rahab’s Rope is to see lives transformed by God’s love in action. 1 John 3:18 states, “let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.” This verse emphasizes that love should be expressed through actions and genuine behavior rather than just our words. As believers we should demonstrate our love for one another in practical ways that reflect the truth of our faith.
Today’s stories share how our staff worked with two young girls in practical ways that lead to them trusting and believing in Jesus.
Roopa’s mother passed away when she was eight years old. Her father remarried and her stepmother made her drop out of school and forced her to clean houses for others to earn money. Roopa had to give all the money she earned to her stepmother. After work she had to come home and clean and cook for her stepmother. Roopa was barely given enough food and was always hungry, she finally ran away. She ran to a train station and a trafficker tricked her and took her. The man sold her to a brothel and she was forced to work there for five years before being rescued by the police. We began counselling with Roopa and she began coming to our life skills class and Bible study. Roopa was very eager to learn through the programs we offer. One day, she shared with our staff that she had found peace in her heart through Jesus and that through the Bible studies she was getting closer to him every day. Roopa is now fifteen years old.
Sima was ten years old when she got separated from her parents at a train station. Fortunately, someone noticed her and took her to the police. Due to the reputation of our staff and their work in this field the police asked if we could help with the girls case. Sima did not know how to tell the police or our staff where her parents were or how they could reach them. Our staff began going through missing children reports to see if they could find one that matched Sima. In this country, a child go missing every eight minutes, that is 180 children each day. Some statistics say the number is even higher. Wow, that is hard to imagine. Think how difficult it would be to find the parents of a missing child that doesn’t know where her parents are or how to get in touch with them. Sima continually cried wanting her parents. Our staff began counselling her and praying with her every day. Sima wanted to learn about Jesus and pray to Him as well. Our staff shared the gospel with Sima and she said she believed in Jesus. Sima began earnestly praying for her parents to find her every day. She was sharing with others that she was praying for them to come. In the meantime, Sima parents had filed a missing child report but did not know if they would ever find her. After Sima had been praying for two weeks her parents were found. It felt like a miracle! Sima believes her faith in Jesus and through her faithful prayers her parents were brought to her. Everyone that witnessed this was amazed. Sima’s life and story gave hope to others. Real Hope, that saves lives.
We never know the impact of our actions. Let us all demonstrate the love of Christ to others through our actions. If you are interested is supporting the teenage girls we support you can give to our LIFE SKILLS program or our SCHOLARSHIP FUND that keeps girls in school.