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Isaiah 58: 9-10

"If you get rid of unfair practices, quit blaming victims, quit gossiping about other people's sins, if you are generous with the hungry and start giving yourselves to the down-and-out, your lives will begin to glow in the darkness, your shadowed lives will be bathed in sunlight."


You were born to bring justice on the earth. The areas of your life that are dark and oppressed will begin to shine bright when you live with a fierce intention and determination to love like Jesus. Be a voice for the people who have no voice. Don't blame those who have nothing, but rather give what you have away to them. Feed people who are hungry. Show them who Jesus is by the way you give things to them. Don't worry if you think they should help themselves or not, your job is not to teach the poor and hungry lessons, but rather to help them stay alive and show them love.

The promise that our lives will glow in the darkness and be rays of light in the earth is more than enough for me to begin to act on what this beautiful passage of scripture says. Read these verses over and over again and then write a little list of ways you can live this out in your life.