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In Amos 5:24, when the prophet Amos called for justice to roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream, that justice wasn\u2019t selective. God\u2019s work to make all things whole doesn\u2019t involve only correcting those who aren\u2019t on our side of the aisle. God\u2019s justice wasn\u2019t just for our brand of oppressors, those who keep our brand of truth from going forth. No\u2014God\u2019s justice will flow to and on behalf of everyone<\/strong>. We cannot escape it. We will not be able to avoid our own crooked ways being made straight right alongside all the others we hoped to see corrected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God includes all of us in the work of wholeness.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

That means, one day we will all be held accountable for our participation in God\u2019s work, not just for the things we said in the face of injustice but also for what we didn\u2019t say. We\u2019ll be held accountable both for those we protected and for the vulnerable we chose to ignore. We\u2019ll see justice enacted not only for us but in us. This reality should cause us to tremble, to reconsider our ways, to pay attention to the places where God is working and we are avoiding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, no matter the part we choose to play, God is still God, and God\u2019s work moves forward.<\/strong> God will still be for the widow and orphan, the vulnerable children, the poor, those without food and shelter. He will still be for the marginalized and mistreated in society: women, people of color, the LGBTQ community, the unfairly incarcerated, and the unborn. He will be for Indigenous peoples and the lands upon which they lived, for immigrants, refugees, those in the disability community. He\u2019ll be for the outcasts and the downcast, for you and for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Justice will go forth in ways we haven\u2019t even considered. God\u2019s work of restoration will move to the ends of the earth.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Justice will be complete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Light will shine in the darkness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet it still matters how we choose to live.<\/strong> Salvation is an invitation to participate, a call forward to join God in God\u2019s Kingdom work. God has given us a voice and a place to use it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the reality is, someone needs your voice<\/strong>. Maybe just a couple of people around a picnic table or a kid in the back of your car\u2014but God has a purpose and a path for you in the work of renewal, in the middle of the life you\u2019re already living.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The steps you take won\u2019t always be big. Sometimes, the next step will be quite small: one steady inch forward at a time. The work will not always be fast. Sometimes, it will be quite slow as you adjust to the gusty winds of adversarial forces. Sometimes, what you do won\u2019t be up high for all to see. Sometimes, it\u2019s low and ordinary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whatever you do, walk the line laid out for you. Run the good race\u2014yours and no one else\u2019s.<\/strong> Step into the hope that comes alongside the courage required to say good. You may stumble, you may even fall, but don\u2019t miss out on the journey. The next generation will want to know, will need reminders of how it\u2019s done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Certainly, there will be some who we leave behind as we walk. For many, the risk of staying will outweigh the risk of going. But hopefully when we reach our destination, we\u2019ll find that we\u2019re still face-to-face with our fellow travelers: people we love, people who were cheering us on, people we never thought we\u2019d stick it out with, people we didn\u2019t think would stick with us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, the chasms will be there as long as we live, but that\u2019s not the grace in this story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God\u2019s miraculous grace is that as we choose to walk across, choose to talk across tensions and heights . . .<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

. . . somehow, chasms turn into bridges.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each of us has been handed a legacy to carry forward with our voices. Yes, sometimes silence has its place. But writer Angie Thomas in her book, The Hate You Give<\/em>, makes it plain: What\u2019s the point of having a voice if you\u2019re gonna be silent in those moments you shouldn\u2019t be? Don\u2019t let fear keep you quiet.<\/strong> Do the work to prepare your voice to speak. Step forward boldly when the time comes. Then pass it on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An Exercise in Finding Your Voice<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Here is one way to prepare: Write a living eulogy\u2014what you hope will be said about you and your voice in the world. What does this perspective affirm or reveal\u2014not only about what or who you care about in the world but about your character and how your life uniquely lends itself to the work of all things being made new?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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