"to all those lost souls who have forgotten to believe in the immensity of love"

Mercy versus Justice

Your walking through the woods, and come upon a river.  Suddenly you see someone trying to swim out of the river... you go and rescue them... another person comes by and you again rescue them.... more people are coming and you rescue them... this is mercy. 
Justice follows the river and finds out who is throwing these people in the river. 

What does social justice mean or are we doing social mercy?  I don't discount that mercy ain't important.  It is, but isn't  justice equally or more important?  Do we look for just cures to fix the symptoms, or do we look for cures to fix the disease? 

I guess lately i've been wondering what i'm going to do or want to do when i'm overseas, or what i'm even doing in life right now...  am i just being merciful?  or am i also standing up for justice in this world?

posted by SilQ @ 2:05 AM