Looking at our society and world,
we find that there is no shortage of malady. The force of good and evil, of
right and wrong, of truth and lies and of light and darkness battle for control
of our world. At times, those who have a
good intention for our society find themselves hopeless. For instance, in the
face of corruption, the fall of morals, prejudice etc, it is easy or reasonable
to think there is nothing that can be done to change the status quo, so good things are allowed to go down the drain and the
bad flourish. Looking back the lives of those who have made positive changes in
the world and have left their mark, we discover that they didn’t sit down and
watch evil cover the earth. Though they had chances or perhaps reasons to do
nothing, but they didn’t. They were filled with a sense of responsibility to
humanity. Men like Martin Luther Jr, Nelson Mandela, and Mahatma Gandhi etc
arose and said no to the evil of their time and recreated the society in which we
are now enjoying. This is how good history makers we know about operated.
The ills of our society are many
and we must not allow that to continue without a fight that will bring it to it
end, we are placed in our different countries by God to make a difference and
not sit to complain or just criticize. Arise and start doing something.
For
those who believe we can’t stop the tide of evil covering our land and to those
who believe that we can but don’t know how, I have got news for you, there is
something we can do, that is – putting on our lights and letting it shine as
Jesus Christ said, and doing good. Start from where you are and put your light
on. Light overcomes darkness and good overcomes evil. Being propelled by a
strong sense of responsibility and purpose, concerted and strategic steps must
be taken to shine our lights and do good, this will counter, and repel the evil
tide of our society…. More on that in subsequent posts.
Elijah E. Okon
elijahblissy@hotmail.com
116 Crew
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