They cannot speak for themselves,
and so you speak
They cannot do for themselves,
and so you do for them
They cannot pay,
you give
They cannot fight,
you march
They are destitute
victims
marginalized
poor
young
mute
alone
and passed by
But you
with your indwelling Hope
YOU are the hands
and the feet
and the voice
and the justice
for each one
knowing that YOU
were the one in need
when your Savior
left heaven to save you
He spoke for you
He fought for you
He did what you could not do
when he died to save you
And He paid
when you could not pay….
His heart for those in desperate need
replaced your heart of stone
and so you march
and you speak
and you pay
and you do
for the least
and the mute crying
– Susie Stewart
**Inspired by my daughter’s prayer march against human trafficking today. We each need to take a look at ourselves and ask what we are doing for someone who cannot do or speak for themselves.
Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves; ensure justice for those being crushed.
– Proverbs 31:8 (NLT)
Learn to do good; commit yourselves to seeking justice. Make right for the world’s most vulnerable – the oppressed, the orphaned, the widow.
– Isaiah 1:17 (VOICE)
Stand up of the poor and the orphan; advocate for the rights of the afflicted and those in need.
– Psalm 82:3 (VOICE)
Real, true religion from God the Father’s perspective is about caring for the orphans and widows who suffer needlessly and resisting the evil influence of the world.
– James1:27 (VOICE)
Jesus said – The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, for He has anointed Me to bring Good News to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim that captives will be released, that the blind will see, that the oppressed will be set free, and that the time of the Lord’s favor has come.
– Luke 4:18, 19 (NLT)
And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart.
– Ezekiel 36:26 (NLT)
Then these righteous ones will reply, “Lord, when did we ever see You hungry and feed You? Or thirsty and give You something to drink? Or a stranger and who You hospitality? Or naked and give You clothing? When did we ever see You sick or in prison and visit You?”
And the King will say, “I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sister, you were doing it to Me!”
– Matthew 25:37-40 (NLT)
Susie Stewart 