What are you going to do?

Back in 2004, Krista and I were in Colorado on the US Election Day going through our orientation and appointment to be missionaries with Greater Europe Mission. Bush was re-elected during that time. Funny situation happened as we flew from Colorado back to our (then) home in North Carolina. A man and I struck up a conversation in the Denver airport. He was extremely upset that “W” was going to have four more years as president and continued to describe to me in colorful language how upsetting it was that this was allowed to happen. I sat there listening not really having or wanting to have an opinion to express. (for the past several elections, I haven’t been passionate about one candidate or the other). Finally, the man, after ranting on for a while, asked me what I was going to do. I declared I was going to move out of the country. The man just stood there silent. He saw that I was serious (although for different reasons than he thought). The conversation ended at that point. He walked away.

Later I wondered what went through his head after that. Here was a man who was obviously passionate and moved by a situation. He had a lot of words to go with his feelings but did he have the action to go with it? I am so proud that so many people in the US went out and voted yesterday (no matter who they voted for). That was action!

Where is your passion? What moves you? What do you hear or see that just makes you scream inside that something must be done! Now do something about it.