WOYWW: Let Justice Surge!

Happy desk hopping!

There is nothing remotely interesting on my desk...

except maybe this brush 

which has served me well.

It used to have a really sharp point

but now as you can see,

I'll have to use it for something else!

For WIYLRW, or

What's in Your Living Room Wednesday,

I'm showing and telling my sister Peggy's cat,

Truffles, watching the France- Nigeria 

football game on the living room wall!

 I made a lot of backgrounds last weekend

to replenish my stock and to

exchange with someone's gelli plate prints.

Unfortunately, I am so mixed up

and disorganized, I cannot remember who!!!

I am hoping she wanders her way to my blog

and reminds me!!!

 Today I read from the prophet Amos.

"Let justice surge like water,

and goodness like an unfailing stream."

Amos 5:24

 We have seen how water,

even a trickle, can erode rock.

6 million years ago,

the Colorado River started flowing south

through rocky Arizona on its way to the ocean.

The water broke away bits and pieces

of sun baked soil and rock,

and along with wind and ice,

formed the Grand Canyon.

That took a loooong time.

Sometimes, when we do something good

it takes forever to see some results.

When we follow Jesus,

we have no choice but to be like water.

Maybe a trickle, maybe a surging river.

We have to get involved in other people's lives

because there is so much around us 

that needs to be done.

Usually we get involved when there's a calamity,

but how about afterwards?

How about helping the man 

who just got out of jail

after being falsely accused of raping 

a mentally handicapped girl?

How about a man who can't afford 

to have dialysis once a week?

How about a neighbor who is lonely?

 If we think about how much 

need there is in our society,

or even in our neighborhood,

we can be paralyzed by inaction.

Let's just think of ourselves like 

the trickle of water that erodes hard rock

and brings freshness and life into parched land!

"You alone have I favored, more than all the families
of the earth..." but this line continues,
"therefore I will punish you for all your crimes."
Amos 3:2

This is what God said to His chosen people, Israel.
This reminds me of the complaint
of St. Teresa de Avila about God's treatment of her.
God said, "Teresa, whom the Lord loves,
He chastises. This is how I treat all my friends."
And she replied, "No wonder you have so few!!!"

I find the history of Israel fascinating.
The story of how it became a nation in 1947 is a miracle
as so many were against it.
The Philippines cast the deciding vote in the U.N. 
in favor of Israel's statehood.

In the 1800s, Israel was a desolate land. 

Mark Twain called it, "repulsive and dreary, barren."
But just as the prophets Ezekiel and Isaiah
and Zechariah prophesied, Jews from all over
have come back to their homeland,
and its deserts are blooming, 
its wastelands are like the gardens of the Lord.

"Israel will bud and blossom 

and fill the world with fruit,"
Isaiah 27:6. 
Israel which has been barren for centuries,
now exports not only fruit, but also technology 

to many countries of the world.

But most importantly,
it is the birthplace of Christianity.
And yes, faithful Christians, 

pruned and chastised by the Lord,
have filled the world with fruitfulness!!!

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Blessings!

Patsy