Awakening

What can I say??? Awakening Sydney was AWESOME! This was my first ever awakening, and certainly won’t be my last! All the speakers were amazing, however I felt Robert Guerrero’s messages cut me to the heart, making an impact, changing my attitudes and awakening a sense of Justice in me! Pastor Robert talked about how the cries of injustice are heard in heaven, that just kept ringing in my ears, and how he said “what is in your hands right now? Ask God to show you”. Well I did ask, and I began to think of what injustice really is, I began to feel a sense of injustice toward the elderly in our community, and how they sacrificed their lives in service for us fighting in wars for our freedom, having a lifetime of stories and knowledge only to be abandoned and forgotten. My hands of gratitude, my hands that can help, I choose to reach out. I searched on the internet about social justice and I began to see how children and adults are used and abused in labour to make clothing and footwear for large companies, working long hours and poor wages, and suffering physical abuse. Some arguments were that they were lucky to be earning an income to support their families. This is so wrong when the companies are paying so little for labour yet charging so much in western countries. What is in my hands? What can I do? I find it easy to throw money into an offering or at a cause and not REALLY pay a price. (I’m not against using my increase to fight for the cause of others), I simply began to think “there must be more I can do”. Now I am little miss bargain hunter, and always look for cheap garments...... until now, I began to wonder where these cheap clothes were coming from, who had to sacrifice time with their family to make them? Did a child make this instead of getting an education and going to school? Who suffered physically from me getting a bargain? I am only one person; I decided that the conviction of my heart had to have some sort of action. I have decided to make a sacrifice and pay extra to buy Australian made, where I know the people will be getting at least a minimum wage and working in reasonable circumstances. My hands will protest against inhumane treatment and injustice. A small beginning but a step in the right direction. So thank you to all the speakers at AWAKENING who made a mark on my heart that will never be erased.

Cherloe Morgan