Do...Love...Walk I wonder if you've ever lay awake at night and ask the question: what do you want from me God?!? Pretty sure you would not be alone. And certainly, the scriptures are full of places where God tells people what he wants as well as what he does not want. The reading this week from Micah has a whole list of things that God really isn't interested in: Shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, with calves a year old? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with tens of thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?” Micah 6:6-7 and then a very short statement about what he does want: He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God? Micah 6:8 Justice, Mercy, Humility. Throughout both the Old and the New testaments this theme is often repeated. God asks us to live lives that reflect exactly what he has given us: justice and mercy through the humility of his son Jesus. The only sacrifice that God really wants from us is a heart that seeks after His justice, His mercy, and does so in humility. So, what does this look like in our day to day life? Work for justice and speak out when injustice raises it’s ugly head. Be quick to be merciful…remembering the mercy that God has shown us in Jesus. Walk humbly…be right sized...let God have the glory and credit for the good that He works in you and trough you. Paul, writing to the Colossians puts it this way: Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. Colossians 3:12-14 In short, Do…Love…Walk. Blessings,
Matthew+ Almighty and everlasting God, you govern all things both in heaven and on earth: Mercifully hear the supplications of your people, and in our time grant us your peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. (BCP p. 215) | 
