by Theresa Doghor
Justice
Its a word in the dictionary
It means the quality of being fair
That word just gets me frustrated
Because I don’t know if it truly exists
The word ‘injustice’ seems to be all out there
Like its the good one
What is good and bad anyway?
Where are the boundaries?
Only God knows.
When you’ve lived 15, 20 years
You tend to lose your innocence, faith and belief
Your desire to jump in the air and enjoy the rain,
Your freedom to help someone on the street just because you can,
The insane urge to laugh from the very depths of you.
The irony is, life isn’t worth it without justice
From rape to murder
Slander to Boko Haram
Corruption to Theft
Incest to 419
Oppression to Women trafficking
The list is endless
The list for injustice seems endless
While the list for justice seems non-existent
Why?
You could go on and on;
List the things that make any normal person go arrgggh!
They could cause you to lose your enthusiasm
Your chutzpah or zest for life
So you just go trucking through everyday.
But that’s not what life was made for
Life was made to be LIVED
Jesus came to give superfluous life
That’s the life I want to live,
Its the reason I get up each morning
To make a difference, to touch someone else
I want to live a life that is worth it
The very life that Jesus lived.
Caring enough to make changes – the ones within my power.
Trusting God for those I can’t change, He will do the changing.
Whatever you do, however you feel
LIVE
You were made to LIVE free
In Liberty!
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Theresa Doghor is the Managing Partner of ImagineItIncorporated, a digital media marketing company, that is largely social media based. She is also a writer and blogs atwww.awomanofsubstanceandcharacter.blogspot.com and is a columnist for ‘Parenting Styles Magazine’. She tweets from@tessbabee and @imagineitpub.
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