Smoke
Saturday, May 31, 2025
Justice
Smoke Obscures Everything Good,
From Here
to The Furthest Shore
Psalm 112:5
It is well with those who deal generously and lend, who conduct their affairs with justice.
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1 Timothy 6:18-19
They are to do good, to be rich in good works, generous, and ready to share, thus storing up for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of the life that really is life.
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Words of Grace for Today –
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I woke to smoke that took my breath away, so thick and acrid did it dig into my soul.
I sought desperately for that breath that would take that smoke away.
And I could not find it
for hours.
So it is when others deal injustice to us,
filling courts and communities with lies about us.
Injustice is like smoke that takes our breath and life away, grinding us to desperately seek that truth that will take away the injustice and bring us freedom to live
and breathe
and work
and be at peace
with life.
So destructive is injustice.
So destructive are the lies.
So good are the truths that support good deeds, giving life
that is really life
to all.