Love and Justice

This morning we started our lessons in the book of Deuteronomy.  In chapter 10 we have that powerful passage of Scripture that asks the question, "What does the Lord your God require of you?"
In verses 17 - 19 he talks about the awesome and powerful God but then he makes a surprising statement about this God.  He is a God who loves justice and shows justice to the weak.  He then tells us that we are to also show this justice to the weak and vulnerable in our society.  Those include the unborn, the orphans, the widows, the poor, the powerless. 
Sometimes we stand in judgment of the poor and other times we want to ignore them.
One lady who takes in foster children told how difficult it is to not stand in judgment of the parents of these foster children.  They are reaching out in love to the helpless child but feel that the parents could have done more.  I don't know how to respond to that.  We live in a sin sick world and many times these people find themselves helpless to do anything to break out of the cycle of sin, addiction and poverty.  These foster parents do not want to stand in judgment but desire to give a place of refuge for the child.  We cannot change the world but we can change one person's life.  To fulfill what Moses, Micah (see Micah 6:8) and our Lord Jesus Christ says is required of us we should show justice and love to one helpless person at a time.