Sitting in your nice cosy pew Christmas Eve, lights dimmed, candles glowing...in your midst, the incense the harmonious sound of " Silent Night " permeates your sacred space.
But, listen...really listen...there is an eternal echo of distant voices along the corridor of time. Eternal truths have a way of ringing with crystal clear clarity...as if they speak into this moment, this place...in our time. The prophet Micah is one such eternal echo...
What offering should I bring
when I bow down to worship
the LORD God Most High?
Should I try to please him by sacrificing
calves a year old?
Will thousands of sheep
or rivers of olive oil
make God satisfied with me?
Should I sacrifice to the LORD
my first-born child
as payment
for my terrible sins?
The LORD God has told us
what is right
and what he demands:
"See that justice is done,
let mercy be your first concern,
and humbly obey your God."
And from the prophet Jeremiah comes another eternal echo...
" I act with steadfast love, justice and righteousness in the earth, for in these things I delight "
Let that be our gift to God, to one another...to " ALL " humanity. That we would seek justice and righteousness. That we would let that reality consume us. Blessings...have a Just and Righteous 2011.
