Justice or a trend

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
– Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail, April 16, 1963

There is a new trend in the world we live in today. I am not talking about iphones or the strange fascination with 80's garb (wasn't once enough?). Rather, I am talking about our love for "Justice." Celebrities are traveling around the world, adopting babies and raising millions of dollars. There has been a crazy flood of missionaries and rebels that have given up everything to live among the poor.
I think it is great, but how long will it last? Poverty and injustice will run rampant and until a new world order under Christ is established with his return ( sounds crazy but I believe it, just don't know what it will look like). With that said, we still have to be beacons of light and love in our action, thought and deeds. If you are pursuing that- please continue. But what happens when it get hard???

We have learned in our society to be critical and whistle blowers in the face of corruption. But we have not really been taught to pursue justice- at least not long term. We are great sprinters, but horrible marathon runners. Many of us ( myself included) run the race for justice and loose heart quickly. It was King's LIFE LONG mission to bring justice to the oppressed blacks in America. If you read any of his sermons or addresses, you will see that King was hopeful of victory in the civil rights movement. But, he was not pretentious enough to assume he would see it in his lifetime.

There is also the issue of selective justice. Where does it say anywhere that we get to choose who we are just to? We have lost our minds!! We are hypocrites!!! John, a disciple of Christ says this about love.
"Let us love then. because he first loved us. Anyone who says 'I love God' and hates his brother is a liar." (1st John 4:19,20)

Unlike the American justice system, God's justice doesn't have scales rather grace. The days following the 1994 Rwanda Genocide, there where thousands of people that arrived at refugee camps on the Rwanda/Ghana boarders. They were fed and housed for months at a time. The workers fed those who needed to be fed and provided shelter. When interviews were done documenting the atrocities of the genocide and the aftermath, many reported eating and sleeping next to people who where the executioners during the 100 days of death. When asked why they didn't report them to the authorities, many responded "They were hungry."

That is Justice... drop the microwave popcorn, black and white, bubble gum "justice"
Justice is messy and impossible without God.