Seeing God in a Defense Attorney
by JVS on Jan.04, 2010, under 2010, Sermons
One day I’d like to preach on the justice system; how God is revealed through our society’s laws. Yesterday I found a great sermon introduction in the person of James Lockyer…
Lockyer is a defense lawyer famous in Canada for his work in freeing those unjustly imprisoned. Reading a short biography of the man in the Globe and Mail this weekend, I couldn’t help but think about how Lockyer’s heart is reflective of God’s.
“Each time he accompanies an exonerated murder defendant out of a courthouse and into a crush of reporters, James Lockyer lives a sublime moment that most lawyers can only dream of experiencing. As Mr. Lockyer stands off to one side, content and vastly relieved, his startled client – so recently reviled as the worst of the worst – struggles to describe what it is like to be welcomed back to the human race.”
Surely this is God’s heart of justice for all of us!
January 16th, 2010 on 12:54 pm
Good point! I never thought of that. I’d love to hear you preach on that John.