September 28

Again I am reminded of what God really wants. Honestly, I don’t think that I am that far from some of the mistakes of the Israelites. O.k., maybe that is a little too harsh of a judgment, but it does seem that I have to be reminded again and again what is important to God and it isn’t religious service or church service or Christian disciplines. It is the weighty measures that flow from His heart, and the fact that He deeply desires them to flow from my heart. Taking care of the widows and the fatherless, (think about the single moms and the boys with an every 6 month dad) administering justice and mercy has always been what Jesus wants of us. I think fasting is easier than mercy because true mercy means your heart is fully engaged and pouring out, even vulnerable at times. It’s the heart that flows into action, not action because we can discipline ourselves to be good little Christians.