Something Like Fighting

There's a quote that goes something like, "If you fight, you might lose. But if you never fight, you never win."










We've become so apathetic lately. Our generation controls their life from an electronic, cellular/MP3/GPS/camera/web browsing device. "What ever happens, happens" is a line I've heard too much of lately.

According to a recent report posted by CBS News in a survey of U.S. citizens ages 15-26 less than half of them knew the political stance of their governor and 47% of eligible voters actually cast ballots in all or most elections.

I know I'm not one to be pushing out the "Let's get real here" kind of talk. I'm fairly ignorant when it comes to politics or public affairs, and I don't always put the energy out to do what I believe is best. But something has to change soon. We're coming down to the end. We're running out of time.

There's the parable in Matthew 25 about the Master and his servants. He gave the first servant 5 talents, the second servant 2 talents, and the third servant 1 talent. When the Master came back to collect His talents the first servant had doubled his to 10 talents, the second servant had doubled his to 4, but the third servant had hidden his 1 talent and returned only 1 talent.  So the Master took away his talent and gave it to the servant with 10.

We have to fight. We've got 5 talents, a few votes, a few years, a few choices. So we better be ready to fight until we win. I'm tired of getting knocked down and just sitting there, waiting for something. I'm ready to get up and fight back. Take that!