So this past weekend I went to Eston Sask. so that I could see my sister and brother-in-law while they where at Sr. High. Sarah and I were not “attending ” the weekend for reasons outside of our hands to do with our church. So being there could have been awkward but was not.  The people there didn’t make it awkward even for a moment and it was actually a really good time.

 

We weren’t able to really take part because our kids were with us and late night worship services don’t go over great with a 2 year old and a 2 month old when they have just been in the car for 4 hours.

 

Anyways the weekend was about something that I feel like God is just starting to teach me about.

 

Justice

 

To be honest, up until last couple of year I looked cross eyed at anyone that used that word because the only thing I thought of when I hear of Justice was the music for Law & Order.

 

I had no idea what people meant of what the point of this so called “Justice” thing people kept talking about.

 

It all started to hit a head and I guess make sense when Tim Hughes released his most recent album with a song entitled God of Justice. The song hit me like a ton of bricks. We aren’t meant to continually be spoon fed, and even when we are hurt we need to get a bandage and get back out there. There is a line in the song that says “Fill us up and send us out” and it seems to be so fitting for the time in my life that I’m at. God seems to be revealing to me that I need to get out there. Even when I don’t feel fully capable or able I need to get out there and do something for other people. 

 

While in Eston a friend of mine Sammy spoke about an organization that he has just began working with called Bridges of Hope. It is based out of Lethbridge which is where he works with them. He spoke about how God was breaking him for other people. People that haven’t had a charmed life like he has had need to be cared for.He went on a trip to Burkina Faso with some other friends under the Bridges of Hope banner and did some mission work.  They do not talk about religion even though it’s run by Christian people it is not attached to any religions but instead is only about helping people regardless of faith. I over heard someone talking about some pictures that they had from their trip, and one of them was of him holding a baby moments before it died. Makes wanting a new pair of pants not so important anymore hey.

 

Anyways after he spoke, God spoke to me that I needed to talk to him about a dream God had given me about a year ago, which was to have a poverty march in Regina. This was to raise awareness as well as money for those that have less. Some would be put towards those is Regina, so a local section but also some would be given to fight poverty in other parts of the world and I believe that is where Sammy and Bridges of Hope come in.

 

After this weekend it’s been running through my head endlessly about what I need to do in order to get this done.

 

Who I need to talk to. Who I need to work with. What I need to do.

 

All I know is that God is about Justice for those that cannot support themselves. We all have a responsibility to do something. Maybe this is my something, maybe this is one part of my something but I know that as he awakens this inside of me it hurts, but causes me to be free in a new way all together.

 

I love how God works…

 

This is what God is doing in me for Justice, what is he doing in you?

 

Later