We are told by God to do justice and love mercy. When we hear these words we take it to mean the police and courts, but that is not the case. God is talking to all those who follow him. This is not a request but a command that we should follow. We have forgotten to act on these immortal words but how could we forget something so important and vital to our existence. What is the definition of Justice? It means, “just behavior or treatment, the principle or idea of dealing with right actions. Quality of conforming to the law. Justice is a concept of ethics and law that means that people behave in a way that is fair, equal and balanced for everyone.” Are we looking for justice when we go out into the public arena? We look for respect because it's the right behavior and conduct in a healthy society. Although this is justice it's only natural justice which we express everyday. God is telling us to go beyond this usual everyday justice that we exhibit and move out of our comfort zones to a justice and mercy unfamiliar to us. We like to always be in the receiving mode and not proactive in showing Justice and mercy to others.
You have been blessed and fortunate to escape the jaws of poverty but you fail to look back and see other black families who are struggling to raise families while carrying the heavy burden of poverty and despair. Their skin like yours cries out to be liberated from the bondage and burdens laid upon them from birth. In the black community alone we see suffering of poor blacks strangling in the vicious cycle of past generational poverty and racism. When we see the plight of blacks in the inner cities we ask God why don’t you do something? I can see God standing silently looking at us, his countenance in disbelief. He is bewildered to see why we have not done something to help when we had the means to do so. The burden on the backs of black families is much lighter when we come alongside and help. We wonder why God has not lifted the burden off the back of the black man and he is wondering why we have not done so instead. Or better yet, should you and I turn to the government and ask them to do what God commanded us to do“?” It is evident that the government does little or nothing to solve the problems in the black community. Government says, “You need me, remain where you are. I will take care of you with plenty of food stamps and assistance enough to keep you in poverty” Our youth are struggling with an identity crisis while absentee fathers are on the rise. The black church has forfeited its obligation to relieve the suffering of those within its reach“.” Drugs and school dropout rates are at a pandemic level. We are God’s hands and feet to relieve the oppressed black man in his affliction. God is not going to come from heaven and go to the inner cities when you and I live just a few blocks away. To do justice and show mercy is our duty and not others. Join us at Black Society by getting involved in helping relieve the oppressed and setting those ensnared by poverty’s brutal enslavement a way to be free in body, soul and mind. How can you do justice and show mercy? Volunteer one hour a day or three hours a week, working with Black Society in positions which fit your profession. Board positions and committee positions are open and need filling from all races. Donate funds for the different projects we create to help such as the youth, dads and daughters and struggling families etc, A man sitting on the subway saw a blind beggar woman moving through the train with a small tin cup begging. The givers and the receiving blind begging woman were both touched. He saw the woman by the generosity and compassion of the givers and the givers by the gratitude and humility of the woman. Will you touch some grateful family today? In doing so you will fulfill God's command of doing justice and showing mercy.
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Attorney John Cole Gayle Jr.John Gayle is the founder of The Consumer Law Group, P.C. and co-author of the Virginia Lemon Law. He is a champion for consumer rights across the Commonwealth of Virginia Archives
July 2023
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