I think one reason Egyptians are impressing me so much through this whole Revolution is that they are making the sacrifices themselves for what they want their country to be. Americans get everything for free, if they are not in the armed forces. And we sort of expect it. We get freedom without making sacrifices for it, and without even recognizing what is sacrificed for us. It's cheap freedom. Makes me think of Bonhoeffer's idea of cheap vs. costly grace.
The Egyptian people are in the streets, cleaning up the square that they have inhabited for the past 18 days, because they are committed to tangibly rebuilding their country. Every day Egyptian people were in the square putting their safety and lives on the line for their freedom; every day Egyptian people are in the square recreating it to be the new Egypt they envisioned. And that's impressive.
The Egyptian people are in the streets, cleaning up the square that they have inhabited for the past 18 days, because they are committed to tangibly rebuilding their country. Every day Egyptian people were in the square putting their safety and lives on the line for their freedom; every day Egyptian people are in the square recreating it to be the new Egypt they envisioned. And that's impressive.
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| (don't know the source of this photo, but it's not mine, clearly) |
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