For the last few days, news media has been dominated by the unfolding story of the Egyptian uprising. Now on day 5 of their stand to end President Mubarak's 30 year reign, the movement was initially sparked by young people expressing their frustration through social media.
Ironically, I just now came across a different news item describing the apathetic attitude of Canadian youth has towards voting. Elections Canada is literally scratching its head over how to engage youth participation.
What's wrong with this picture? It seems that when things are good, people don't care very much. In contrast, oppression and injustice have a way of igniting passion in people--to right wrongs.
Yet we are encouraged to stay engaged and passionate with life and society even when things are rosy. Aim to go from good to great! Jesus said: "From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded..." (Luke 12:48).
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