With what shall I come before the Lord and bow down before the exalted God? 

Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?

Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of olive oil? 

Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

He has shown you, 

O mortal, 

what is good. 

And what does the Lord require of you? 

To act justly 

and to love mercy 

and to walk humbly with your God. 

Micah 6:6-8 NIV

We think we can fix things with God, be accepted and acceptable by doing more and more of the right things.

But the prophet Micah invites us to see life differently, that you're already beloved, your life is short, so walk humbly with God, and as we do, love mercy, and act justly. 

Seems so simple. 

Jesus said in Matthew 23:23 that the important things were justice, mercy, and faithfulness, not tasks, but attitudes, ways of being in the world. 

It's a heart thing. 

It's not about the task, the actions, but the heart. 

Act justly.

Love mercy.

Walk humbly (not alone but) with our God.

#keepitsimple

#itsaheartthing 

#rememberwearealreadyBeloved