Act justly

Love mercy

Walk humbly with God!

Micah 6:8

Pride held me back

And fear,

And self interest,

Others do not always act justly.

Why should I.

If I do what I said I would do

But another does not,

I would seem to be vulnerable

To one who is not just!

Why then should I act justly?

And why should I love mercy,

When I have been

Unjustly treated,

Why love mercy?

Yes, pride held me back.

Yet He has shown us

What is good.

Loving others is good,

Love requires that I treat them justly.

Love also requires that I love mercy

So that when my neighbor

Offends, We might be reconciled.

More important, as I set down a path

Of justice, I come to love His wise words.

Believing God is good,

I have come to love him.

Humbling my self a bit,

I move to search out His instruction,

For it is wise and good and beneficial.

What example have we to follow?

Christ humbled himself and came to walk with us.

Christ acted justly.

In humility He went to the cross.

In our pride, we crucified Him.

Yet Christ showed His love for us

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He died for the unGodly, the unjust -

Even while we were His enemy,

He loved mercy,

He came not to condemn the world

But that the world thru Him might be saved!

Yes his example is that we should act justly!

And we should love mercy as He has demonstrated,

And as He Humbled himself to walk with us,

We should in humility,

Walk with Him.

I love the words

Of the Word,

Jesus Christ!!!

What great hope

We, the guilty,

Have in His just act!

Come unto me all you who labor and are heavy laden and

I will give you rest.

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The Just God

Keeps his Word.

Yes, I have come to love Him!

I have come to search for His Words.

I believe He is the source of all wisdom.

I know that I fall short.

And have come to depend on His mercy.

In humility, I choose daily to walk with Him

To the place He will show me.

For He is good!

Billy Reese Masten

12/11/16