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Don't be surprised if you see a poor person being oppressed by the powerful and if
justice is being miscarried throughout the land. For every official is under orders
from higher up, and matters of justice get lost in red tape and bureaucracy.
Ecclesiastes 5:8
The following reflections made by Dr. Ruth Ann Foster reflects my struggle as a Christian that I
had to do this lawsuit and this website:
The waters of justice and righteousness are dangerous to those of us who have
promised to follow Christ and to live in covenant with His people. Gods justice is
dangerous because:
to ignore it reveals we are not truly his;
to misunderstand it can lead to depersonalizing and compartmentalizing those made
in Gods image;
to rationalize away its demands hardens our hearts to God;
to seek to live out the demands of Gods justice is risky and goes against the grain
of normal behavior and cultural norms;
To pray for Gods justice calls us into involvement with those who need justice. Are
we courageous disciples? Are we brave enough to be Gods light and justice to those
in the shadows? If we are to know God fully through his Son Jesus Christ, we must
live justly. If the world is to know Jesus Christ through us, we must risk entering
into the dangerous waters of Gods justice and righteousness.[14] ---- by Dr. Ruth
Ann Foster.
[Dr. Ruth Ann Foster is Assistant Professor of Christian Scriptures at Truett Seminary
at Baylor University. She prepared this address for the 1999 annual conference of the
Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission.].