Disillusioned (not for the first or last time I imagine)

So maybe this has become my journal...I promise not to bore you EVERY day...or twice a day like this! BUT...

Shaun and I just watched a movie called "The Road to Guantanamo". It's about 3 British boys who were held in Guantanamo military prison for 3 years with no charges or trials. It is said that 750 prisoners have gone through this prison and only 10 have been charged...500 are still there (I believe I have the numbers correct but don't quote me on it).

ok tuck your toes in...because here comes a rant...

What is going on? That is not the America I grew up believing in!!!

You know the interesting thing about the poster for this movie that you are looking at is that the film board didn't approve it. They only allowed the manacled hands to be on the poster...you know why? Because it might disturb children... showing torture...you know what? I've seen some very demonic and scary film posters for scary movies...where were they then this film board who was so worried about scaring children?

I was so enraged by what I saw that I'm still awake! And that's saying something for a woman who has a daughter who was up A LOT last night I'm TIRED! And I cherish my sleep at this point in my life. But I'm so mad and the stupid thing is I feel impotent to do anything.

Now I went to the web page: http://www.roadtoguantanamomovie.com/ and I was pleased to see that they have a page that is headed "get active" and it tells people how to help...that is what bothered me about the movie "Human Trafficking". It didn't tell you how to help. We in the West have the ability to make a difference in so many things. I've been asking myself...What am I passionate about? Shaun and I are determined to make a difference in that area! We will find a way. The beauty about people is that we are not all passionate about the same things...so if we all look at ourselves and see what makes us tick then perhaps we could as a collective whole make a whole difference...pipe dream? Maybe! But I'm willing to try.

I know there will never be peace on earth...read Revelations! Never! Well until the Lord returns...so until then be a piece of hope to the hopeless. Without hope...what is there?

Ok I'm done...you can untuck your toes :)

Oh...I suppose the the good news is that I know the end of the story...the good guy wins...no He MORE than wins!

the verse that keeps coming back into my head is is Psalm 82: 3,4 " Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. 4 Deliver them from the hand of the wicked" There are many more along that line...

-cheers-