I heard this song on the radio yesterday, and everytime I hear it I get goose bumps and cry. I thought I would post it , it seems to be so relevent now because of all the child abuse that is going on in the world right now. There are so many forms of child abuse ranging in different degrees of depravity and cruelty. But in the end it all destorys the child deep within. What can be done to stop this ....... sad, but we can't be behind secret closed doors for all the abused children in the world. I often wonder how God can stand to see this every minute of everyday. I think one of the things we can do , is to make this issue known in any way that we can. Like Bro . Bill Bowen is doing. Even if we can't change what a child has been thru, it would mean the world and their sanity to stand up for them now. They really need to know the world is not all cruel and evil and hopeless. The children need to know that if we could , even thou we had no part in what happened to them , that it breaks our hearts, that we want to make it so much better for them. For the many children and adults who grow up without receiving the help they need once they have been abused, there is a whole life of sadness, and insecurity. Many times this kind of life just leads to more abuse, abuse that is by their own hands, or they allow themselves to be abused by others because they do not know any other way.
The church should be a safe place to heal and be loved. But in the JW organization, that is not the way it goes. The abused child or adult that was abused as a child, is told to let it go, to not press the matter, it is more important to keep the name of JW free from such filth. The child hangs her head , and realizes that there is no where to go. Not even her parents because they abide by what the elders say. She is alone and that will be the pattern for the rest of her life. No one came to her aid, there is no place safe anymore. She may even lose faith that even God cares. She will see herself as not worthy of being loved and the precious child that she deserves to be. Even if the abuse stops, there is a lifetime of self hatred and self destruction.
I feel a need to tell these children that it is not their fault and to hold them in my arms. What has been done to them can never be undone, but if we could stand up for them maybe they would see the world is not all evil. Maybe just a little understanding , alot of rage about what happened to them will help them to grow in to adulthood with the knowledge that at least someone cared. If a child had one elder in a JW congregation take their side , it would make a world of difference. I mean really take their side, prosecute the molestor or abuser. But it doesnt seem like this is going to happen since they are expelling all who try to help the children. THere will be no one left to help them. How sad and how wrong is that?
Anyway, here is the song : By John Michael Montgomery, country artist "The Little Girl"
Her parents never took the young girl to church, never spoke of his name , never read her His word.
Two non-believers walking lost in this world took their baby with-in, what a sad little girl.
Her daddy drank all day and mommy did drugs, never wanted to play, give kisses and hugs.
She'd watch t.v and sit there on the couch, whie her mom fell asleep, and her daddy went out.
And the drinking and the fighting,Just got worse every night. behind their couch she's be hiding what a sad little life
Just like it always does the bad jsut got worse with every slap and every curseword, until her daddy hit a drunk rage, used a gun on her mom andthen took his life.
And some people from the city, took the girl far away, to a new mom and a new dad, kisses and hugs everyday.
Her first day of sunday school the teacher walked in , and a small little girl stared at a picture of Him She said I know that man up there on that cross,
I don't know his name, but I know he got off, cause he was there in my old house , and held me close to his side, as I hide there behind our couch the night that my parents died. ( the end.)
The point I am trying to make, is in this song, the little girl had Jesus, she had someone hold her. In the congregation the elders are supposed to be directed by Jesus and used by him in a loving manner asHe would. The children who are abused in the JW church , do not have that comfort. The elders are dening the children their God given right to be comforted by their Lord. I am sure they will have alot to answer for someday. Maybe that day will be here soon.