Justice,
for God,
is restorative,
not retributive.

When his detractors
wanted Jesus
to condemn,
to punish,
he instead
forgives,
restores,
takes it back
to before the offense.

This is God's justice–
not the slow burn in hell
but the time machine return
to original oneness.

Text and
image © 2013 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.