If you read Tuesday’s post, Do You Want the Millions or Do You Want the Work, you know about my big AHA moment from Oprah’s keynote address. I have another 7 hours worth of moments I wish I could share with you and only an hour before my plane leaves for Austin, Texas… so I’ll do what I can…

Lisa Ling gave the morning keynote address and shared some of the stories she has uncovered while filming her series Our America for OWN. Disturbing stories of child prostitution and sex trafficking happening right here  in North America.  Stories of 13 year olds who refer to their pimps as “daddies” because they do not know what healthy love feels like. Girls who are growing up in a world where no one protects them. Lisa admitted she sometimes struggles to believe in a God who would let these kind of things happen to people. Then she shared with us a poem her husband once sent to her. A poem asking why God isn’t doing anything to save people from the cycle of drug addiction, poverty, and prostitution. The last line – God’s reply to all of the questions – keeps playing on repeat in my mind, “I did do something. I made you.” Lisa finished with a quote that Oprah once shared with her, “Now that you know, you can’t pretend you don’t”. (more…)