Apathy

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“I, the devil, will always see to it that there are bad people. Your job, my dear Wormwood, is to provide me with the people who do not care.”

— The Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis

“What’s the difference between ignorance and apathy? ”
“I don’t know and I don’t care.
— Mother Goose and Grimm

As much as we would like to say we care about the world around us, our actions tell us otherwise.

Despite our verbal fervor for all things right and true, when push comes to shove, We shirk our duties. We shrink from hard truth. We fade away in the bright light.

Apathy attacks our core, it destroys our good intentions, it muddies our motives. It derails our passion.

But Jesus had something to say about apathy — and it’s something he can’t stand. Either be hot. Or you can be cold. But dancing around, walking the fence, toeing the line, straddling both sides is like spit from the Savior.

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