Lofty thoughts, which become ideals and hopefully–actions like forgiveness, freedom, liberty, holiness, purity, redemption, atonement, justice, retribution, love, kindness, patience, or equality begin as seeds planted in the souls of mankind by the Spirit of God hovering upon the treasure of the universe. As we mature to grapple–chew and swallow these, they break through concrete barriers with rapid force and power like…
Tag: injustice
Justice
Justice Society demands vengeance but cannot bear justice, requires morality but cannot stand faultless under a searchlight, expects order but despises authority, screams for open borders and the acceptance of the tired, poor huddled masses yearning to be free but won’t share a meal and offer a bed to a stranger in need. We are…
Justice and the Holocaust
Ever-Increasing Light A Messianic Daily Devotional “All his ways are just; a God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and right is he” (Deuteronomy 32:4). Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize winning author, the late Elie Wiesel wrestled with questions of God’s justice in his book, Night: Some talked of God, of his mysterious ways,…
haiku: faith
faith weathers the storm of injustice, knowing God will even the score
The Juice and Justice
Why am I writing about OJ Simpson? Because he is in the news again. Who cares? I do. Because I am profoundly interested in justice and the ramification of injustice in our society. And I believe the American culture shapes our views of justice–some of them are correct, almost innate, and others are incorrect–the result of a society…
Bonnie Saul Wilks 