Good morning honey,
What a controversial topic for a Thursday morning eh? But, that is how life goes I suppose. Let's talk about it. When I say social justice, do you cringe? Do you shrivel up into a safety shell and get as far away from me as possible? Or, do you feel the fire begin to burn in your soul passionately ready to hold the next picket sign or post the next big debate on Facebook? Maybe you just feel...tired. Exhausted with the conflict, the noise, the tension, the mayhem. All are legitimate emotional reactions to the world's way of approaching the issue. But, not to God's way. Hold on, don't leave. Bare with me a moment. Psalm 146: 3-9 3 "Do not put your trust in princes, in human beings, who cannot save. 4 When their spirit departs, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans come to nothing. 5 Blessed are those whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord their God. 6 He is the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them-- he remains faithful forever. 7 He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets prisoners free, 8 the Lord gives sight to the blind, the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down, the Lord loves the righteous. 9 The Lord watches over the foreigner and sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked" Isn't it beautiful? Someone who cared about taking care of everyone who was alone, lost, poor, hungry, mistreated, and trapped? This was written way before the idea of "Social Justice" was even in the minds of the people. Before President Trump, President Biden... If someone is a true Christian, they hold by these words as the words of the God they worship. Is that true of us? "We do not put our trust in princes, in human beings, who cannot save." Do we depend on the LORD alone to provide justice and to be over the problems of our land. Do we listen to His voice when he asks His body to move on His behalf? Would our world be full of plastic and trash if Christians chose to obey the command from the beginning to take care of the world God has created? Would there be starving children, racism as a nation, people living on the streets, homes without fathers and mothers? I believe only in the places the church could not reach...And nothing is impossible with GOD. So why is our country fraught with so much heartache? Why is the air hard to breathe? Maybe we've become so used to leaving it to someone else to know things, and to do things, and to move things, that we've forgotten that Christ's body is not paralyzed. I am not blaming anyone for anything. I do not despise the church. In fact I treasure and cherish it very dearly. But, it makes my heart ache that I have become so dull to the Lord's correction and conviction that I have taken part in harming His creation. Let us be sensitive. So tender toward His touch that the slightest whisper will cause us to jump into action. Let's practice His presence in every moment...Even in the realm of social justice.
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