Imagine becoming a widow at 14 or 15 years of age.

Here's how Pandita Ramabai described the plight of teenage widows she observed while growing up in 19th century India.

Girls of 14 and 15 who hardly know the reason why they are so cruelly deprived of everything they like

are often seen wearing sad countenances. Their eyes swollen from shedding bitter tears. They are glad

to find a dark corner where they may hide their faces as if they had done something shameful

and criminal.

The widow must wear a single coarse garment, white, red or brown.

She must eat only one meal during the 24 hours of a day.

She must never take part in family feats and jubilies with others.

We're about to hear how this generation of young widows began to discover hope.

This is the Reviver Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMoss Walgamuth, author of Choosing Forgiveness.

For May 23rd, 2022, I'm Dana Gresh.

Well, I don't have to tell you that there's a whole lot of pain and injustice taking

place in our world today.

I heard a piece on the news not too long ago discussing the whole thing of medical waste companies transporting fetal remains.

And just the thought of this was like so saddening and horrifying to me to think of all that is behind that, even though it's not so uncommon anymore, it's still a tragedy.

And issues of the human trafficking that come into the news and on the landscape, far too often, millions of Ukrainian refugees,

women and children being brutalized in the middle of war, cities being overrun with crime,

fentanyl and opioids being smuggled into our country and

causing tens and maybe hundreds of thousands of deaths, while just to name a few of the kinds

of issues we're confronted with day after day. So, Dana, how do we respond to these kinds

of injustices? Well, how do we respond and how are we responding?

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