The Arc of Justice, Humility, and Personal Rights

I am challenged this morning, with humility, justice and personal rights. I have heard the term "arc of justice" several times this week, in different, even conflicting contexts. I have heard people fighting over who is right and what is right. I have seen people strive to assert their rights as having precedence over anothers. I have heard insults thrown and retaliatory shots thrown back. It's everywhere.

Can there be true justice without humility?
Is there such a thing as personal rights when it means someone elses rights are trampled on?

Humility goes so much against the grain of how the world works. Yet humility is what we need.

I know of no other door to true humility but repentnace. Repentance for having to have our own way, from insisting that we are right. Repentance from allowing our insecurities to drive our pride. Repentance from thinking we know it, understand it, more than the other guy. Repentance from self-preservation and victimization.

Humility...to make ourselves nothing, to become servants of others, to take a position which allows us to understand their perspective.

My hope....that scripture tells me we can have this mind through Christ. It's my prayer this morning.