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So, we wrapped up the justice series on Sunday, but I’ve still got a few things bouncing around in my mind (surprise, surprise) and I thought I’d write them down.

After talking about injustice for five weeks, I am absolutely - unquestionably - convinced that things like poverty and AIDS and genocide should be eradicated. But…you know what? If I’m being honest, there is still a part of me that does not believe that it can be eradicated. I mean…we’ve all seen the pictures and heard the statistics. Can we really make a dent? Injustice is just a part of life, right?

Take hunger. Every day, 800 million people go to bed hungry and 24,000 people die from not having enough food (that’s one every 3.6 seconds). This is tragic, but it’s just the way it is, right?

It is tragic, but it isn’t the way it has to be. It would take roughly 13 billion dollars a year to end hunger for the earth’s poorest citizens. A large sum of money, to be sure, but every year 18 billion dollars is spent on pet food in the U.S. and Europe. This year, Americans spent 4.96 billion on Halloween. Halloween!!! Now, I’m not saying that we should all get rid of our pets - but I am saying that a lack of money doesn’t seem to be the problem.

Or check this out. A drug called cortimoxazole - used to treat AIDS - costs just 3 cents per day per person. Is providing this amount of money beyond our reach?

So…I guess there’s a part of me that doubts that I…or we…can do anything. But that’s beginning to change. God is doing something to my heart and mind to help me believe that not only should injustice be overturned, but it can be. Change can happen. It is possible.