“Love is a thread. Justice is a garment.” –The Justice Conference tagline

Think about that for a minute. If love is a thread, and God is love, then this whole ‘garment’ is woven together in love. And God is just. So as love and justice weave together, we have this beautiful tapestry of… God. I don’t know about you, but if God says that He IS something, then I think that’s something I want to be woven into too.

I love that tagline, because the visual of that tapestry of love and justice seems to marry those words in a beautiful image we miss too often. I’ve been thinking about that ever since getting home from Portland last week.

I was at this conference in Portland, OR with a co-worker to scout out some deeper ways LSM can get learn and get involved with people on fire for God’s kingdom. And through some great conversations with people we met, and tremendous theological speakers, I saw a larger glimpse of the Body of Christ coming together to weave a little bit more of the tapestry.

Sometimes, when we look at injustices like sex trafficking, HIV/AIDS, child slavery and extreme poverty, it can look like those broken threads could never be placed together again. But last week, we saw 4500 believers meet to try and rebuild some of those broken threads as we network and encourage each other in the work God’s placed us in.

And I think I can add something to the slogan. See, if love is a thread and justice is the garment, then I think we’ll be clothed in hope if we take on this garment. And hope doesn’t make us ashamed, because the love of God is stronger than that. He’s promised us that His way is easy and his burden is light. I got a wonderful glimpse of how much lighter that burden can be when we come together. I’m excited to see where this will go as we continue to dive deep into God’s ‘garment’ of love and justice.

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