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True Justice

Zechariah 7:9 "This is what the Lord Almighty says: 'Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another.'

I was caught today by the organization of this verse, which led me to look up the word justice.  In my dictionary app, righteousness came up as a description for justice.  Odd, I thought.  I connected all of the pieces, the sentence structure, the description, and what I know about who God is.  True justice is showing mercy and compassion to one another.  I was thinking of my job and how I feel like I cannot always show mercy when I'm having to discipline a child because I have to give consequences.  And yet, I believe that when I do my job in Christ, as He has called me to do, that is exactly what is happening when I discipline a child, I am showing mercy and compassion through my love for them as I take corrective action.  I once had a principal tell me I showed so much love when I disciplined students.  Now her statement makes sense to me.  Hmm…administering true justice; showing mercy and compassion.  This is only possible with Jesus.

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