Personal Piety

I've been stuck on this phrase, "Personal Piety" for a couple of days now. I have wondered where justice and faith intersect. I've been curious as to why persons who voted to uphold Propositon 8 are being called persons that discriminate. I've wondered aloud why there is an "us" versus "them" mentality. As a Christian I believe that God demands and requires that we, pray, seek out, and embody a pursuit of justice - that evil doers are punished and those that are held in a manner of subjigation be liberated. World troubles such as hunger, slavery, the sex trade, poverty, should all be areas where justice is pursued. I now wonder why that doesn't happen. I believe that life gets comfortable. The more comfortable it gets, the less willing those that are comfortable are willing to be inconvenienced for someone else. They may not be true for all, but it has been true for me in some instances.

I'll part with a moving story. On Sunday, I watched Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. There was a man born with cerebral palsy. He said that he is on a mission to change the world one person at a time. I believe that was the underlying purpose of Christ's ministry - to change the world and let people know that God's will can happen on earth and in heaven by changing one person at a time.