Friday!

Proverbs!

The violence of the wicked sweeps them away 

because they refuse to act justly.

Proverbs 21:7 CSB

This word "violence" carries the meaning of havoc, devastation, ruin.

This is a warning to those who have ruined the another's life through their actions. 

Their choices.

Their selfishness.

This is warning to those who have ruined another person's Iife through their words.

And there's a warning here for those who stand by, who don't act justly.

The Bible is not a fun book sometimes, but it is real. 

It's so easy to look at this proverb and see it applies to others. 

But it applies to me too. 

The only thing that stops me from being swept away, is Grace.

Jesus stepped in and acted.

And he calls us to follow him and to choose to act justly, even though it is costly, because we follow a saviour who gave it all up for us.

In this unjust world, 

He is the place we can find rest.

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