Today's Readings
"Make justice your aim: redress the wronged, hear the orphan’s plea, defend the widow. Come now, let us set things right, says the LORD." - Isaiah 1: 17-18
What if God were one of us? Just a lawyer like one of us.
While that's not quite the lyric from the awesome Joan Osborne song "One of Us", I've been dying to reference this tune for a while. The excerpt from Isaiah offers us a glimpse of God who wants to negotiate a plea or a deal with us. Like one of us, He just wants a fair agreement. If you follow the Truth, and do the best you can to help those in need, He'll "set things right."
The actual lyric from the Osborne song is "What if God was one of us? Just a slob, like one of us. Just a stranger on the bus, trying to make his way home." If justice is the goal, then lets defend the ones who need the help! The wronged, the orphan, and the widow... Society's forgotten ones. While they're not necessarily slobs, they do fit the intent of the song...
God IS one of us, as He is present in the lives of the needy,
He IS the stranger on the bus, trying to LEAD US ALL HOME!
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