Do you ever just get sick of hearing about it? All the need in the world? The poverty, the incurable diseases, the ill-treatment of animals, the sadness?
Bad news has that impact. Just like the oceans waves wear down the rocks on the shore over time, bad news can wear us down to the point where we just don’t seem to have the capacity to deal with it any more – so we shut it out.
This is what some would call charity fatigue. Which is a little deceptive because the fatigue is not about the charities themselves, but the major issues these charities fight against. It’s more like, bad news fatigue. If we shut it all out and don’t face the bad news, then we can miss out on being involved in some great things that are happening in our world. The shadow proves the sunshine (according to Switchfoot)
How do we fight against charity, I mean bad news fatigue?
- Look for the good things that are happening all around us. There is always something good happening if we look hard enough.
- Recognise that you cannot save the world, but God calls you to play your part – this is His gift to us
- Find what you are passionate about – invest yourself whole-heartedly into that.
- Trust that God is at work, even when you are not. He will find others to invest themselves whole-heartedly into the areas that you are not passionate about.
The Generosity Guy 