Life isn’t fair. Yet most of us burn untold energy in trying to achieve fairness, in trying to end unfairness, in crying about unfairness. If we are ever to enjoy life, we need to forget about fairness.
It’s not fair that the hardest working people don’t make the most money. It’s not fair that those who do the most to help others are often the least recognized or rewarded. It’s not fair that some are judged by the color of their skin, the language they speak, or the place they were born.
In our relationships, we need to stop believing that we should get as good as we give. We can’t enjoy our relationships if we carry about account books in which we log every good thing we do for someone else and every good thing they do for us. Don’t expect balance in relationship. The joy is in putting more in than we can every expect to get out.
It’s not fair that for some the hardest thing about being a Christian is being marginalized while for others it means being killed. We need to stop whining about how we no longer live in a “Christian” nation while others brave death or prison by owning a bible or gathering for worship.
How can we find joy and justice in a life so full of unfairness? Consider this: It’s not fair that the only one who never sinned was killed for all those who have. You may not have the best of anything. You may do more for less. You may love more than you are loved. You may get for less than you give. BUT you have been given all you need to live in eternal joy, to have present assurance of that joy and the peace of playing a part in the greatest plan of all time.
That’s not fair, but isn’t it great?
Be blessed.
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