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what ongoing struggles in our world make us feel like justice is perverted or paralyzed?

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Amos 5:24

But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream.

Amos, a shepherd and fig-grower from Judah, was called to prophesy to the Northern Kingdom of Israel in the 8th century BCE. He confronted them about their religious hypocrisy and their systemic injustice towards the poor and vulnerable, warning of impending judgment.

What systems or situations in our world make us long for justice to flow like a mighty stream, rather than being dammed or diverted?

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Read alongside it

  • Isaiah 1:17

    This verse calls people to 'seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.'

  • Micah 6:8

    It famously summarizes what God requires: 'to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.'

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