It Takes Courage to Care

The Wisdom of God walks along paths of justice and righteousness.  Riches are the rewards that await those who walk with him on this path (Proverbs 8:19-21).  What exactly is justice and how does he intend us to carry it out?

“The word (justice) comes from the Latin jus, meaning right or law.  The Oxford English Dictionary defines the “just” person as one who typically “does what is morally right” and is disposed to “giving everyone his or her due,” offering the word “fair” as a synonym”[i].

Walking in equality with every other member of humankind, means walking in fairness and moral righteousness.  Choosing to practice patriarchy or racism, also chooses injustice and unrighteousness.  These folk do not walk in the wisdom of God, though they may call themselves Christ followers.

Making a conscious choice to practice justice among humankind, takes courage.  It takes courage to walk in fairness with those who are of a different gender and ethnicity, whereas it is so much easier to think oneself as being superior to others.  This is the broad path.  Caring takes the narrow path of the Wisdom of God the path that the Lord modelled for us.

I challenge you today to take the narrow path with me of walking in the Wisdom of God—a path of courage in caring for others as God modelled for us so precisely and beautifully.  It takes courage to care!

[i] Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: A Peer-Reviewed Academic Resource, by Wayne P. Pomerleau,
Gonzaga University, U. S. A. Justice, Western Theories of | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (utm.edu) (accessed April 8, 2024).