Restorative justice; is an approach to justice that focuses on the needs of the victims and the offenders.Its an opportunity to discuss how they have been affected by the injustice and to decide what should be done to repair the harm.
Restorative justice is about the idea that because crime hurts, justice should heal.
I AM that I AM
In His Presence we are transformed from Glory to Glory..
The redemptive process takes us into His presence.
Unlocks your heart and keys are given by Your King who desires nothing more than your heart, my heart.
And a relationship a friendship.. a human being always will desire rightness, justice ,restoration.
Thinking.....How much does justice cost ?Restorative justice..
One of my favourite stories is the one about the woman at the well going about her day going to the well to draw out water. She came across a very unlikely King ,Jesus,he told her that she need not thirst ever again ,he also told her he knew her... He knew her life the life she thought was hidden , her shame and pain , the five husbands she had and the man she was now residing with. Her response wasn't of a woman who felt judged but freed . Our secret pains can hold us and judge us but when we share them with our King ,restoration happens, friendship happens ,we become more hidden in Him than we are in our pains and secrets... it is always stunning and always breathtaking .
What I see in the eyes and the hearts of broken hurting people who really don't care for my five points to get healing:( they just desperately want to know that He cares and holds the answer to all the injustices and when He is going to do it!. Hurting people have had patience for a long time and they know what it is to wait to hold onto faith,something they cant see but know its there somewhere, because He said it, it has to be true.
How much does justice cost?
EVERYTHING ,absolutely everything. That's why it hurts so bad. I really don't' do happy clappy Christianity well.. no offence. it just didn't work for me is all :))I didn't want any part of that, wasn't of Him, so I stood outside of IT many times, holding on to truth, to justice, to the One who placed His hands firmly against a cross for ME and watched nails beat slowly into His hands for me,for all. I felt that burned into my heart, it wasn't a preacher or any sermon , but He imprinted it on my heart..
Sometimes it burns. And burns and I can't put it out no matter how much I clap and smile it burns for justice for those yet to see it for those yet to know Him ,it burns for restorative justice, for myself and for others.
When I know my words wont make their pain go away thats when it burns and it won't stop,to we see Him in all His glory....Justice is ugly and beautiful at the same time, it takes time, it takes a whole jigsaw of your life all the pieces that got taken and lost.
One piece at a time He places them back. Slowly you see justice,restoration,righteousness healing,power that you could never make light of, holy spirit empowerment, from a King who never lies and is always on time, who desires to heal every hurt every broken ache, every limp.
The wrestle is always worth it. It takes you where no man or woman can.
The wrestle always gives you a new name.
I had so many names spoken over me, ugly was one of them. I remember it, it burned in my heart. I wrestled it out. Beloved was put in its place. Used was another,wasted, too ,and many more, some were given some I bore. But once your eyes and heart see Him, see His face , those names burn less and less and the grip breaks because His name and His heart burns harder and louder than any other name . His name is above all names.
My king is the king of righteousness who saved me out of heinous injustice and has slowly put back all the missing jigsaw pieces to my puzzle. There is still a limp, it's a reminder that I've wrestle it out and not found any other formula that works.Coming boldly before the throne of grace is the only way. He says come ,Restorative justice is on His mind and in His heart.
Lisaxo
