act justly, love mercy, walk humbly

this is one of my FAVORITE posts to write. EVER. i'm serious.

i saw something on pinterest (stick with me) months ago. filed it away in my little head. i knew i'd know when the "right" time was to execute it.

this was my inspiration:

day after christmas. SO over all the STUFF and well, just stuff. wanting something of depth to penetrate the few days that we had ahead of us, all together.

this ended up being perfect. for 3 days, our "candle" time focused on this verse,

"He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God."
 Micah 6:8

{a different kid gets to sit with dad on his chair each day. and pat is going to hate this "i just got out of bed" picture. we did our "candle" first thing in the morning that week since we had something going on most every night.}

i had a little "alone" time with our canvas...getting it ready :)

"act justly" - pat used some verses from Proverbs and maybe Jeremiah? to lead them. there are SO many places in the Bible that reference "justice" and "acting justly".

then we put ALL of our handprints on the canvas! all 8 of us!

levi was a team effort. those little baby hands that love to clench themselves.

{HOW much does lincoln want to put his hand/face/anything in that plate full of paint?!?}

"love mercy" - the lesson was a parable that Jesus told. the one about the unmerciful servant. i just painted a heart for that one.

"walk humbly" - the lesson was Philippians chapter 2. my FAVORITE chapter of the Bible.

and we all did a footprint. tricky. oh, yes, it was! but they turned out pretty good!

and it hangs above our front door.

sorry. i couldn't stop taking pictures. i love it so much.

and you see it from so many angles. from the top of the stairs as you come down, and as you go in and out of the door.

i could have made this - and just had them do their hands and feet and they would have no context to WHAT it meant. but now? when they see that...when I see that...i pray we are stopped and reminded to:


Act justly, to love mercy and to walk humbly with our God