This Precious Life

I’ve been wondering what to blog about for days when this story came in the news.

Every day, in China, this little boy is chained to a lamppost by his Dad. Remember how upset I was when my neighbour chained his dog to a lamppost to train him to poop there? Well, this is worse because this is a little person!

You’ll probably dismiss him by saying, “Aiyah, in China, these kinda things happen all the time lah,” and turn the page of the newspaper but this boy may as well have been chained to the lamppost outside your house. His life is precious!

See the red welt on his leg. He doesn’t even have socks to protect him from the wintry chain.

Ouch!

I’m not angry with his Dad for doing so because this Daddy obviously loves his little boy. Just look at this picture of the Daddy’s expression when he picks up his son.

You can’t deny the joy that is shining from his Daddy’s face. You can’t deny the happiness that the little boy is feeling too, to be with his Dad again.

In fact, I think his Dad is a relatively good father because, apparently, people have tried to buy his son but there’s no way this father will sell out his son, even though he is a poor trishaw rider with a garbage collector wife.

Apparently, this Dad had lost his eldest child, a daughter who was kidnapped, which is why he decided to chain and padlock his son when he’s away at work.

I can’t imagine the anguish he’d been through and the brokenness that’s probably still in his heart. Where is his daughter now? Was she kidnapped by a family who really wanted a daughter of their own, or was she kidnapped by sex slave masters?

The relatively good news is that upon the explosion of this news, a kindergarten had offered to take in the boy for free so he doesn’t have to be chained to a lamppost any more, not in spring, not in summer, not in autumn and not in winter, never will he be chained again, for the rest of his life.

May God bless this miracle boy and his family forever. Unchain them from darkness and lead them on the straight and narrow path towards the great purpose God’ve created them for; and take them to their great destiny at God’s side as they discovers the richness and abundance of God’s love.

Originally reported at Daily Mail and ABC News.