Where am I!?
You are at a little blog called Embrace Justice.
What is it about!?
The purpose of EJ is to give you tangible ways to SPEAK UP for those who cannot speak for themselves and give you ideas to tangibly provide JUSTICE for those who are perishing.
(scripture from Proverbs 31:8-9)
What does that mean?
one definition of tangible I found says this:
Existing physically; that which can be touched.
How many articles have you read on the need for justice in this world?
How many books?
How many books?
How many statistics have you heard about the number of homeless children in your city?
How many worldwide or domestic atrocities have you heard of just this week?
the answer to all of those is probably: A LOT!
The next logical question would be, "Ok, now what do I do?"
To which we normally have the answer,
"I don't know" or
"Send some money" or
"I know what needs to be done, but I don' t have the time to get on a plane and fly to ______(country) to build wells, schools, hospitals, etc..., I have to cook dinner for my family and get everyone to soccer practice" or
"I know money needs to be sent, but I don't have that right now"
Or how many times have you not even gotten as far as asking yourself, "What now?" after hearing the news, statistics or reading the books because your mind is so overwhelmed with grief, shock or horror that you feel more paralyzed than driven to action?
Or am I the only one who feels like that?
I'm just going to put myself out there and guess that I'm not the only one who feels this way.
I'm also going to put myself out here, on this blog, so we can DO SOMETHING together, instead of giving into that awful feeling of being paralyzed.
Here, you will find TANGIBLE ways to react to all the information flooding your mind and heart.
What are the posts going to look like!?
For starters, they'll be a lot shorter than this one.
There will be an occasional information post, alerting you to different kinds of needs but for the most part, each post will be a step-by-step, hands on, hearts in, way to SPEAK UP, provide JUSTICE or SUPPORT those who are doing so in the trenches of the issues.
You could consider this a 'how-to' for justice for the average American woman.
No, not all posts will be tailored to women only, but I am a "stay-at-home, homeschool, granola making" mama and so naturally my posts will fit into that sort of lifestyle.
All that means to you, is that if you are already busy with life too, then you're at the right 'how-to' place.
Many of the posts will include ways to involve your children!!!! I won't elaborate here, I'll just let it speak for itself as the blog unfolds.
Last note on what the posts will look like,
I will be using my own experiences and projects but I will also be using projects that other people have done!
If you are doing one and have documented it well with pictures, PLEASE EMAIL ME your project so it can be considered!!!
What will the projects look like?
Some will ask you to shave your head.
Some will suggest you sell your home and move to an uninhibited island.
Some will ask you to drink kelp juice for a month.
Some will....
I'm just kidding.
They will be DOABLE.
You may feel led to shave your head or sell your home or move or drink kelp juice (is there such a thing, or did I just make that up?) but all credit for those types of 'projects' will have to come straight from the Holy Spirit himself....not from Him through here.
DOABLE meaning you can DO them, even if you have to get dinner on the table and everyone to soccer practice and finish your Bible study and clean the bathroom and get to work and check the mail and check the news and go to church and......
Even if.
I'm not saying that they will all be completely comfortable or that some won't challenge you to stretch but I am promising they WILL BE DOABLE and they WILL BE TANGIBLE
(even if it is 'just giving money', you will know to WHO and for WHAT and WHERE and the RESULTS)
