Would you speak if they came for me?

First they 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 Catholics,

and I didn’t speak up,
because I was a Protestant.

Then they came for me,
and by that time there was no one
left to speak up for me.

(Martin Niemoller)

Who and what do you find important enough to speak up for? 

Are you strong enough to speak up if what you have to say is unpopular?

What if it will make people look at you funny? 

When is "bad", "bad enough"? What will it take for you to use your voice? A few simple examples from life: Would you speak up if you saw a big kid kicking over a little kid's sandcastle? Would you speak up if you saw a big kid kicking sad in a little kid's eyes? Would you speak up if you saw the big kid kicking the little kid? How about if that big kid wasn't so much a kid as a grown up? How bad does it have to get for us to speak up? 

If someone has spoken up for you, are you more likely to speak up for them? If you've spoken up for a friend or co-worker, do you think they are more likely to speak up for you? Does this make sense or seem fair? It becomes a circle of not speaking up. Who speaks up first? Can you be brave enough to speak first? 

If it ever came down to a whole bunch of "them" and you were the last "us", how lonely would that be? 

There always comes a time we have to speak up for each other. I honestly feel the more we all speak up for each other, that will create a lot less "we" and "them" and a whole lot more "us". 

In the beginning, God created..........US.