Natalie Grant is a very wonderful Christian artist who has comforted and helped many people with her music. She recently accepted an invitation to a special reception recognizing the millions of people who are enslaved. She posted a photo and a status on her Facebook page of the President and the First Lady stating that she was honored to have been invited to support awareness for human trafficking. Sadly, many of her followers are speaking out against her now because of this wonderful thing she is doing all because she posted a photo of the President.
Many people showed confusion because she used the words "modern-day slavery", they voiced their confusion and were told by other commenters what that meant and Natalie later posted a website linking to her cause. Other former Natalie supporters have deleted her off their page, spoken against her, and voiced their political concerns and agendas.
This is NOT about the election coming up, or the President's views on homosexuality or abortion. This is about human trafficking, which is rapidly increasing every single day. Little girls get kidnapped, sold into the sex trade, and made to do horrible things for nothing at all. Boys are forced to become soldiers and kill their own people when they are just barely growing up. Their is no political agenda here and I am just shocked and hurt that people are taking it that way. This is a real life issue that affects people not only all over the rest of the world, but here in the United States as well.
It is something that Natalie Grant has been speaking out against and fighting for years, and now because she posted one tiny photo of the President showing her gratitude for being invited to recognize the victims, people are going to stop supporting this wonderful Christian woman.
I for one am not going to stop. In my own personal life I have used Natalie's songs and speeches at events like Women of Faith and the Revolve Tour to overcome struggles. I don't care where she lands politically or who she partners with to end something as abhorring as human trafficking. God will use His people to shine a light on the darkest places of the world, and he is using Natalie to do that with this issue. I support her and I support President Obama and I commend them both for standing up against human trafficking.
I am enraged at the millions of Christians who are judging her for going to the reception and who are no longer supporting her and her causes all because of a photo of the President. God is the only one who can judge anyone in the world. The fact that people are pushing their politics into such an important issue on her Facebook page is ridiculous to me and it makes me very sad for this country and, although I don't want to feel this, I feel ashamed to call myself a Christian because I do not want to be attached to the extremists who don't understand that God loves EVERYONE in the whole entire world. THE ENTIRE WORLD. He loves all of us, no matter what their views are and no matter what they are doing, whether they believe in other Gods or don't believe in a higher power at all. He loves every person, everywhere.
Adios
I linked to Abolition International above. Natalie Grant founded the organization and they are doing great things to end sex trafficking in the US and around the world. Check it out!
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