Does Anybody Hear Her?
I was taking my morning walk when a song came up I hadn’t heard in years - Does Anybody Hear Her?
And immediately my thoughts went to Haiti. I heard these lyrics, and the faces of girls in our programs at Haiti Awake went through my mind. So many of them are so vulnerable, and in many ways the center is their safe place.
She is yearning
For shelter and affection
That she never found at home
She is searching
For a hero to ride in
To ride in and save the dayAnd in walks her Prince Charming
And he knows just what to say
Momentary lapse of reason
And she gives herself awayDoes anybody hear her?
Can anybody see?
And I was led to pray. To pray for the girls of CCS and Kay Timoun. For the women serving their time at CERMICOL. For the newborn baby who is living at CERMICOL with her incarcerated mother.
If judgement looms under every steeple
With lofty glances from lofty people
Who can't see past her scarlet letter
And we never even met her.Does anybody hear her?
Does anybody see?
Or does anybody even know
She's going down today?
Under the shadow of our steeple
With all the lost and lonely people
Searching for the hope that's tucked away in you and me.
Does anybody hear her? Does anybody see?
And then I heard these lyrics. And I was reminded of how vital the ministry of Eglise Evangélique de la Grâce de Caradeux is to the local community, and how thankful I am that each Sunday when I am there, I do not see lofty glances from lofty people. I see real people who know they need Jesus and are living out their mission:
Connecting people to people. And connecting people to God.
Once again there’s nothing to say other than, “Glwa pou Bondye.”
