Starting with Humility to Seek Justice and Love Mercy

"Seek justice, love mercy, walk humbly with your God." Micah 6:8 I have struggled some today to come up with some words. After about an hour, the Micah text wandered into my head. I was not really sure it was a great idea to comment on. I found the picture below on the internet that has a slightly different translation of the text, but the same meaning. I said to myself, "What kind of recruitment poster would that make?  How many people will come running to sign up?" Then it hit me. The key is to start at the end of the verse. "Walk humbly with your God."  It all starts there. It begins with waking in the morning and simply being grateful and thankful to God for being alive. It is recognizing that my small self, with all my flaws, and mistakes is still loved by the creator. From that perspective the potential to seek and do justice starts. The walk through the day is guided by making sure that I treat people justly and with kindness and that I encourage others to do the same. There is no day that I go through that I do not encounter people who need help of some kind. The last thought I had was one I have had many times before.  It is that "The Lord works in strange and mysterious ways. None stranger or mysterious to me than me.

Along the way,

PN