"In my heart and my soul
Lord I give you control
Consume me from the inside out
Lord, let justice and praise
become my embrace
to love you from the inside out"
This is a pretty good song, but today in church the part that says
"Let justice and praise become my embrace" really stood out to me.
I said inwardly, "God I want this, to live like this, to be defined as this"
But what does it really mean. If I want it so bad what does it mean and how do you get there?
To me at this point it means to love God and love others, in that there is praise, and in that there is justice. Justice for others, justice for me. Just curious I looked up the definition for justice here it is:
"Your Dictionary provides the definition of justice as the quality of being righteous or fair. Many philosophers, theologians and others define justice as the proper ordering of people and things. Behind the concept of justice lies the notion of balance--that people get what is right, fair and appropriate. Justice also includes the notion of upholding the law, as in the work of police, judges and the court."
It sounds so simple, maybe because it is? Why do we complicate things that are simple?
I think once this is grasped it can be something that changes you, "from the inside out"
"In my heart and my soul
Lord I give you control
Consume me from the inside out
Lord, let justice and praise
become my embrace
to love you from the inside out"
any thoughts are welcome.
Peace to you
I think we do overly complicate things.
ReplyDeleteAnd like justice, 'righteousness' is simpler than we think, too, which is something that I think about sometimes.
Not that it's easy--but by grace, we can choose to do the right thing. To take the next best step. It's actually more simple than not. But I think we can look at overly used words like 'justice' and righteousness' and sort of forget about their pure meaning.
I love that you looked up the definition of the word 'justice,' too; I think that helps us to make it relevant to our every day lives.
So true Jess! the concept is simple and maybe even tho process is too, maybe because God uses us by putting us through trials that are hard and maybe once we know how God teaches us then we automatically think of the trials and not the out come. There have been times where I want something so bad but if I ask for the change I admit I am scared of the trials! I don't want to be scared of the trials because that is how we learn! I just love the song "let justice and praise become my embrace" it is really challenging me. it makes my heart hurt, in a good way. Jess thanks so much for reading my blog!
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