Micah 6 – How does living this way deepen your relationship with God and your community?
Part 1
Today, I am attending an interfaith service in honor of MLK at Carter Metropolitan CME Church. I’ve been looking forward to this service all week.
This morning’s Bible reading was Micah 6. As I read it, I forced myself to stay in the tension of the prophet’s words, which directly address the unfaithfulness of the community revealed through their unjust socio-economic practices. I resisted the urge to retreat into metaphors or spiritualize the text. Instead, I sat with the question: How do I participate in this sin?
Without recognizing my own brokenness, I can’t begin the journey toward confession, pardon, and reconciliation. So, I asked myself: What am I doing right now? And then opened my heart to another question: What could I be doing right now?
I am holding these questions, raw and vulnerable, and letting the Spirit work. Let the Word transform me today. Worship starts in two and a half hours. May my eyes see and my ears hear!
Part 2
It’s been 24 hours since the MLK Memorial service led by our interfaith community here in Fort Worth. I feel both inspired and confronted with the truth: there is so much I can do in the name of justice for all people.
I start by imagining a world without the cycles of systemic poverty, violence, and imprisonment. In that vision, I see the faces of real people, transformed. Their eyes reflect the joy and lightness of healed souls—no longer brokenhearted but mended by God’s love, poured out through the words and actions of God’s people.
The love of God isn’t some ephemeral, floating substance sprinkling sparkles on us. It’s the courageous actions of those who choose to stand for the truth Jesus spoke about whenever he described the Kingdom of God.
My heart is full, my mind is racing, and I’m actively seeking ways to pass the light and love I’ve received to the next person.
To read my blog about the interfaith worship service in honor of MLK, click here
