Micah 6:8 …what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
As a mother and a teacher, I often feel the difficulty of balancing fairness and kindness. Every child is an individual with his own quirks, and allowances often need to be made for individual difficulties or deficits. And to protect an individual’s privacy, you can’t usually explain why an allowance that seems unfair has been made to compensate for something others don’t know is an issue.
Isaiah 30:18 Therefore the LORD waits to be gracious to you, and therefore He exalts Himself to show mercy to you….
And then you have those who just can’t get themselves into gear, maybe because they are lazy, maybe because they are stuck in survival mode in all aspects of their lives. As someone who strives to be fair and equitable to all, always, I often feel it to be difficult terrain to navigate.
Isaiah 1:17 Learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression….
Lord, Thank You for this day and for the scripture You have laid on my heart. You call me to be kind and merciful, Lord, and I strive to do that daily, but I also feel there are standards that must be upheld. How do I balance people and expectations in a way that is fair and equitable to all, that respects and protects basic human dignity and upholds any sort of standard? Help me, Jesus, to love as You love, to serve as You serve, to do my job in a way that points others to You, not to standards. Draw me closer. Amen.
Zechariah 7:9 “…show kindness and mercy to one another….”
Have a blessed day.
My faith, my life, my teaching–it's all a work in progress.