Micah 6:8. He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God.
Lord, do I scream for justice or do I temper myself to act justly toward others? Am I less likely to seek justice if for some reason I benefit from the injustice? Father, do I put limits on my decisions to act justly? If justice is determined by how I feel about a situation, is it really justice? Do I have the right to demand that others act justly toward me? Lord, will you teach me what it means to be truly just?
I wonder, as a Christian, do I really love mercy for all mankind or just those that I choose to have mercy on? Do I love mercy for mercy's sake because that is what my Father teaches me, or do I feel differently about some people because they don't look like me, or are richer or poorer than me, or because they were born someplace else, or are not as educated, etc.? Jesus, I cannot count the number of times you have had mercy on me. Can you teach my heart to love mercy like you love mercy?
My Lord and God, you have set aside your justice to embrace me with your mercy and grace and you even soothed my shame. What pride should (I) have in that? Father, take my pride that I might instead have a thankful heart. Lord, take my prideful spirit that I might never consider speaking or acting in a way that places me above another. Teach me humility.
Father, there are times that I marvel not quite so much at the things you have done for me as at the amount of love you put into it, and I marvel because I cannot even begin to fathom the sort of boundless love it takes to continue to save me from myself. I am truly amazed that You, Emanuel (God with us), came and died on a cross to save me from my sin, but I marvel in awe that you did it out of love. Jesus, teach me what "boundless love" means to you.
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