One Billion Rising

There is a movement afoot.
One billion rise today for the one billion who are impacted by intimate partner violence.
the CDC says 1 in 4 are affected.
I am not too good at math, but it does mean we have all been affected.
Mothers, and sisters, and fathers, and aunts, and friends, and uncles, and brothers, and ourselves.
All affected.

That means when you go to work, 1 in 4 has been affected.
That means when you go to church, 1 in 4 has been affected.
That means when you go into a school, 1 in 4 has been affected.
That means that when you walk through your neighborhood, 1 in 4 has been affected.

Those numbers are too big.
Too staggering.
Too mind numbing.
And so, we rise.

We rise to break the cycle.
And we rise to bring freedom.
We rise to declare rescure and redemption.
We rise to say that violence does not get to win.
That violence does not have the final word over our lives.

We rise to speak truth into broken places.
We rise to speak love into places that were thought to be unlovable.
We rise to dance upon injustice.

And as we rise, we realize that God has already risen.
God is already on the move.
He is releasing captives.
He is proclaiming liberty.
He is restoring that which was once broken.
He brings liberty and freedom and joy.

And so we rise to join the risen Christ.
We rise to right the wrong things.
We rise to bring heaven onto earth.
We rise.

There is a movement afoot.
One billion rise today for the one billion who are impacted by intimate partner violence.
Will you rise with us?

http://onebillionrising.org/
http://www.dvccct.org/obr/#.URzwf4XLfjs