Tag: Justice

June 3, 2023

All Things New

Today I have two things to share: Dreaming of Justice & Mercy I have a new column on Patheos.com that is titled Dreaming of Justice & Mercy. It only has one article so far, but I plan to add one or two a week, focusing...

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June 12, 2020

Paint Chip Poetry Prompt #24

It’s week 24, almost halfway through the year of weekly prompts. Some weeks it’s been harder than others to get this posted. This is one of those weeks. You may have noticed this wasn’t up at 7:00 a.m. as usual. I didn’t even have the...

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March 25, 2016

Nails of Love

Jesus came to give from above His love On the cross mercy wins My sins that are told in sordid tales were nails no longer tip the justice scales He surely paid the price as soldiers rolled the dice His love, my sins were nails

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February 15, 2016

Incomprehensible

Sometimes I do not understand What has come from Your hand Your Word is difficult to grasp Yet to Your truth I tightly clasp I know You are faithful and true Before creation all things You knew You know me as only You can How...

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January 2, 2013

Forgiveness Set Me Free to Love – A Poem

Each year WordPress provides me with an annual report of my blogging activity for the past year. Included in the top five posts of 2012 was an article titled Forgiveness that I wrote for my church newsletter and was the second thing I posted when...

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August 28, 2011

Psalms 10 – Hope for the Oppressed; Justice for the Wicked

I’m sticking with taking the Psalms in order again this week, and the next one is Psalms 10. I found it interesting that the first verse seemed to fit so well with my Saturday post on waiting “When the Dice Are in the Air.” If...

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August 7, 2011

Psalm 7 – God Is Just

Moving on through the Psalms in order, but skipping ones I’ve posted before, brings us to Psalm 7 (NLT). This is a Psalm of prayer asking for God’s protection. There are some troubling passages in this Psalm because we don’t like to think of God’s...

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