Posts with Tag: justice
You don’t notice them during the day unless you really focus on them but at night, reflectors are extremely important in guiding drivers, ensuring that they stay on the right path and avoid potential hazards. They do this by reflecting headlights, transforming them into a visible guide through the darkness. Similarly, Christians are called to be reflectors of God’s image, guiding others through the moral and spiritual darkness of today’s world.Reflecting the image of God involves embodying His characteristics in our daily lives. This means demonstrating love, kindness, justice, and integrity in a world that often challenges these virtues.In Matthew 5:16, Jesus commanded us, “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glo...
These days, it is quite common to hear the word advocacy being bandied around. In a general sense, it means “public support for an idea, plan or way of doing something” Cambridge dictionary. It therefore follows that the general meaning of the noun ‘advocate’ is someone who publicly supports something they believe in. The meaning that is however relevant to this writing is the legal one which is, ‘a lawyer who defends someone in court’. There is no denying the fact that most countries in the world have complex legal systems which makes it extremely difficult for one to seek legal action without the need for a professional legal representative. This is the reason why governments provide legal aid for those who cannot afford to secure their own legal representat...
Boast – “To talk with excessive pride and self-satisfaction about one’s achievements, possessions or abilities”.
This is what the Lord says: “Let not the wise boast of their wisdom or the strong boast of their strength or the rich boast of their riches, but let the one who boasts boast about this: that they have the understanding to know me, that I am the Lord, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight,” (Jeremiah 9:23-24)
There is usually the natural tendency for people to boast about the things they possess or about their achievements.
As a student many...
This is what the Lord says: “Let not the wise boast of their wisdom or the strong boast of their strength or the rich boast of their riches, but let the one who boasts boast about this: that they have the understanding to know me, that I am the Lord, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight,” (Jeremiah 9:23-24)
There is usually the natural tendency for people to boast about the things they possess or about their achievements.
As a student many...
