I'm baaack!

So it's been roughly a million years since I've even looked at this blog, and I realized that I kinda miss it. I also realized that since I'm now out of school for the rest of my life (hallelujah), I don't really have a sounding board anymore for issues that really bug me, especially those concerning social injustices and violations of basic human rights that occur at an alarming rate around the world. With the exception of precious few get-togethers with my kindred spirit social worker friends, I really don't have a place to vent. So that's what I'm doing. Venting. And thinking. And processing. And trying to understand the 'why' and what can be done about reversing it.

My God is a merciful and loving God, who cares for the "least of these," who are often the ones who experience injustice more than anyone else, and I know that it breaks His heart. He's loving, but He's also just, and whether it be on this earth or eternity, justice will win.

Sometimes it's hard to accept this truth, coming from a God who often seems far removed from the problems of this life. But if God lives in His children, then he is front and center to the pain and suffering that they are experiencing, and experiences it with them.

I found this picture and really feel like it sums up one of the greatest struggles that people seem to have with God. For me, it serves as a reminder that I am God's hands and feet, and by participating in relieving just a crumb of the injustice happening, it is God working through me.

Be encouraged, and always look for a way to help, even if it's as simple as smiling at a stranger.

:-)