Justice

Justice

 

• Judging what is right
• Understanding what is fair
• Standing up for those who need help
• Trying to listen to both sides
• Caring enough to take action

 

‘Learn to do right. Seek justice.’  Isiah 1:17

 

Deciding the right thing to do can be difficult. It can be more complicated than treating everyone the same. We need to learn all we can first about a situation and then seek (think carefully about) a wise solution.

 

God’s idea of justice is to make everyone equal in His Kingdom because His love is generous. Jesus reminds us that we should be thankful for God’s generosity and not be envious about the good things that God also gives to others.

 

Bible Stories

Wise King Solomon & The Baby with Two Mothers ( 1 Kings 3: 16-28)

Jonah and Harvest Time in the Vineyard ( Jonah 4: 1-11)

A Rich Young Man (Matthew 19)

Belshazzar’s Feast (Daniel 5)

A House of Prayer ( Matthew 21)

Other Stories

It Was You, Blue Kangaroo by Emma Chichester Clark

The People Could Fly by Virginia Hamilton

The Three Billy Goats Stuff by Bob Hartman

Fire, Bed and Bone by Henrietta Branford

Pit Pony by Joyce Barkhouse

This is the Dream by Jessica Alexander

We Troubled the Water by Ntozake Shang