KAT
S
he was young and yet old.
She had a wisdom beyond
her years, and it was hard
to outwit her. A negative assessor
once wrote of her “she is just like
a cat!”
‘A difficult child to raise’ were the
words of a foster mother.
Kat was used to rejection and had
been fostered many times. Lillian
took her on and with the women
of the church prayed every day. A
support group; you may say.
Kat needed to be redeemed and
loved, or she would be lost and
become a purveyor of wrong. She
needed Jesus in her heart.
There are so many girls like her
in the sex trade; which we know
is made up of unwanted, lost girls
who are bartered and sold by evil
people. Psalm 36:4 speaks of those
who do evil.
“He plots trouble while on his bed;
he sets himself in a way that is not
good; he does not reject evil.”
Foundationally, Lillian knew that
God’s will for all women is of
honour. As declared by Peter,
“Let your adornment not be the
external kind, braiding hair and
putting on gold jewelry or putting
on fine clothing, but the hidden
person of the heart, with the
imperishable quality of a gentle
and quiet spirit, which is highly
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valuable in the sight of God.”
[1Peter 3:3-4]
So, each day Lillian read the Bible
with Kat and prayed with her
before she left for school. She used
love and not condemnation. She
sent her to a local Christian school;
financially challenging but she
needed to put the strong armour of
God around her charge.
Over time, Kat slowly revealed
to Lil the painful events of her
troubled childhood and each
time they prayed for the persons
involved and asked God to forgive
all parties.
As the months and years came,
everyone could see the change
in Kat. She smiled more and no
longer used wiles to trick others.
Her grades were excellent and
when she graduated her GPA was
above 4.
Her headteacher applauded the
change.
“She is no longer ‘sneaky’” she said
with a smile.
Today Kat is involved in a ministry
that helps young women and men
who are being traded. She is an
aggressive ambassador for good.
John’s verse is her motto.
3 John 1:11 - “Beloved, do not
imitate evil but imitate good.
Whoever does good is from God;
whoever does evil has not seen
God”.
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