{"id":805,"date":"2010-12-18T07:30:29","date_gmt":"2010-12-18T07:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/redletters\/2010\/12\/advent-day-21-standing-at-the-door.html"},"modified":"2010-12-18T07:30:29","modified_gmt":"2010-12-18T07:30:29","slug":"advent-day-21-standing-at-the-door","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2010\/12\/advent-day-21-standing-at-the-door.html","title":{"rendered":"Advent Day 21: Standing at the Door…"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is a famous verse in the Bible that says (my paraphrase), “I stand at the door and knock. Whoever opens the door I will come in and dine with them.”<\/p>\n

It is a metaphor for Jesus knocking at the door of your heart, waiting for it to be opened to his love.<\/p>\n

As you think of that metaphor, remember that millions of girls will hear a different knock. It is not the king of love, the prince of peace, the mighty counselor, the wonderful God.<\/p>\n

It is the heart of evil. And it knocks on the door of their brothel-prison. Day after day the sound of that knocking means more abuse, more rape, more slavery.<\/p>\n

Today may your Advent be filled with prayers to release these children from this horror, and that the Holy Spirit would move your heart–and many others–to action now.<\/p>\n

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