Hear Their Voices

I dare you to read this book with an open heart and a listening

mind. I dare you to look into the eyes of a child who

has been abused and abandoned by the ones who should

have loved him or her. I dare you to look, and not look away,

until that child’s brokenness becomes your burden. Brothers

and sisters, I ask you to hear the cry. Because a cry is

rising from the children of our nation and from the nations

of the earth.

See us. We are not invisible. Hold us. We are longing to be

cradled. Choose us. Just as God has chosen you. Love us.

Plumb our capacity to love you back. Clothe us. Drive out

the cold dark.

Speak of us until the whole world is listening.