Not only does righteousness call for humility of spirit, but it should cause our spirits to grieve. I think particularly of children. Nearly 3,000 will see their parents divorce. About 3,500 will run away from home. One hundred thousand will be homeless, hundreds because of violence, thousands because of poverty and neglect.
Righteousness is like a circle, for even the quality of passion is conditioned by mercy.
Mercy saves us from becoming the evil we deplore, from using the rightness of our convictions to abuse or hate those who oppose us. For the ultimate aim of righteousness is peace, peace in our homes, communities, streets, in our world. In some way, in some arena of life, to be a Christian is to be about preserving or bringing about peace. This calling is not unique to the Christian tradition. People of Godly faith all seem to have this inspiration, this core tenant of faith.