Act Justly, Love Mercy, Walk Humbly....

Micah 6:8... a verse most people are familiar with but have we truly ever realized what this verse is saying!? 

Think about it... we are always looking for "what God wants" and "His direction" and what "He expects us to do." And we stumble through our days and weeks praying for direction.... but what if "His direction" was simply to go about our day acting justly, loving mercy, and simply walking humbly with Him? It says "He has shown you, O Mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God."  Is it really as simply as that? Are we humans so used to complexity and so baffled by the infinitude* of God that we can't possibly comprehend that it really is THAT simple? What if we approached people, ideas...life... with that mindset? Can you see it? Can you imagine walking through life seeking God (that is after all what "walking humbly" really means, right?) and everything just "works out"? I'm not saying the rainbows and fluffy bunnies kind of "works out." I'm saying that no matter what, you know that by acting justly, loving mercy, and seeking Him, you know beyond a shadow of a doubt everything will be ok. I don't know... just some food for thought. ;)

*new word I learned by first spelling it "infiniteness"! :D haha

Secret Joys

"What is the sign of a friend? Is it that he tells you his secret sorrows? No, it is that he tells you his secret joys. Many people will confide their secret sorrows to you, but the final mark of intimacy is when they share their secret joys with you." -Oswald Chambers

Read this on utmost.org this morning and it struck me as really interesting... I'm not entirely sure why. I guess it's true though. I would venture to guess we are more cautious to share our joys with people we don't fully trust. We fear that they  will either think us silly/petty or that they will somehow be jealous or feel we are "rubbing" it in. Either way, we fear the status quo of the relationship would be changed (even if only for a little while). Therefore, true friends are those that we trust will be there in our ups and downs... Even when they are "down" and we are "up" - and vice versa. 

Anywho... Just some thinkin's. ;) 

Oh, as a side note... The rest of the post this morning was good too.. Check it out here: http://utmost.org/the-secret-of-the-lord/