Reflection for July 1, 2015

"Mighty King, lover of justice, you have established equity; you have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob."(Psalm 99:4)

This verse from Psalm 99 certainly has great things about how God thinks and acts.  I personally like that to love justice there must be equity.  So when the playing field is not level, when everyone is not judged by the same standards then justice can't actually be executed.

The problem is that most of our judgments don't walk hand in hand with equity. They are made through the lenses of our experience.  We may claim to not see difference along lines of race, gender or sexual orientation, but we really do.  To try to combat these biases within ourselves is hard work indeed.  Much easier to just offer my opinion and be self-righteous about it, without having to own that my vision may have some serious distortions.

So I have to remind myself that without equity there really can't be justice.  God has pulled it off and has invited us to follow that path.

Blessings,
Ed