speak

In Germany they first came for the Communists,
and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist.
Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew.
Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn’t speak up because I was a Protestant.
Then they came for me —
and by that time no one was left to speak up.


-Pastor Martin Niemoller

Haunting words.
How many times have I not spoken?

Too many.

Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves,
for the rights of all who are destitute.
Proverbs 31:8


Love:)

R