Ukraine Rape Case

When I saw this news, my first thought was that I wish to be a missionary in Ukraine. Watching the video, understanding only the word "I don't know" repeated by Oksana, I am reminded that there's so much I could do, so much I have slacked.

I should be doing something here, right now.

There are times, while meditating this, I thought I was still racist. The East Coast poverty are affecting largely the minority: Blacks and Hispanic communities. I would have more sympathy toward the whites so far away? No, it is the poverty whites. hardly in America, but the old Soviet...I don't consider them Europeans...they are Asians! In fact, there are offsprings who look like Chinese or Japanese while the parents are both whites in these lands.

Unfortunately, I do not have enough association with these. I can only have remote empathy. Drawing a line before my imagination carries me away too far, on what I know about this culture.

And the news on sex slaves, how these were decent girls from Bulgaria got tricked, by women (to gain better trust), by people they know, to 'better' countries, and then got black mailed, become victims of the godless, it could be harder to solve than it seem. The trust could be quite legit, since it is on their relatives or other women, and there are viable proofs that there are those who "succeeded" (modeling, fashion, acting, etc.) in those developed countries.

Now the communist party is thinking about re-enacting death penalty on this kind of rape crimes. There are outcries of justice, since of the 3 men, 2 were released without charge on political connection.

I could sense from some the hatred towards the criminals. I'd say, however, that this kind of hatred is not good. Sometimes when we empathize on someone so much, we felt guilty because we believe we were so helpless...as if we could have done something. So this guilt is transformed to an unhealthy hatred.

It is true, a lot of times, this guilty feeling is legit. For we on much occasions do not care enough, even in the littlest thing. We see injustice everywhere, but we walked away thinking: Oh, it's the parent's business, it's not my business, it's not a big deal, in time it will be fine, ...

That is just the passive point. As for the active one, do I preach? Do I obey the culture mandate according to my Lord? Do I do these enough? No, this is not just about the act: "just do it", but without study, firm theological foundation, the best intended counseling could be of the Devil, and Satan be their father indeed. How could Bill Gothard and the likes of him go around converting people to be "Christians" so easily by simply telling them "I apologize for the christians of the world to you"? The answer is simple: he and his kind works for the Devil. They want christianity to submit and bow down towards their shallow methodology.

I could only cry I have owe God so much. I must study. Study. Not do. But study and meditate first. So that when I do, I do it with the right heart in God. Not like Uzzah, but like Elijah.