It's Not Fair...

"It's not fair"! How many times have we heard that phrase? Someone else always lands on Boardwalk and Park Place. The best horse on the carousel always gets taken before you get there. The rock breaks your window  on the freeway. It's always something. Injustice abounds.

One definition, and probably what most think of when speaking of fairness, is "in accordance with the rules or standards".

With that in mind, how does "fair" relate to our lives? It isn't fair that my child has to struggle with ADHD. Fair, in accordance with what rule or standard? Who makes the rules for life? Why weren't we given a copy of the rule book?

Maybe we did. Maybe we just don't like the particular rule. While I may not think it fair for my child to have to go through this, it is hardly "unfair". God chose this path for a reason. Why, I have no idea, as is the case with many things. But I do know this, God has a plan. It may take years for me to see it, or maybe I never will understand, but there is a plan. Maybe God wants me to become more empathetic to the plights of others. Maybe He wants me to become better at helping others through difficult situations. Maybe He wants me to devote more time to my children. Maybe it isn't about me at all. Maybe it is my child whom God is grooming for some greater good. Maybe it is one of his classmates. Maybe it is one of you, who are reading this. Who knows??

God does, and He has since eternity past.

Fair? For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, that whosoever believes in him shall not perish, but have everlasting life. When God created the rule book, it's hard to argue about our circumstances being unfair. Jesus could have said, "but its not fair". Instead, He said, "not my will, but your will".

There are many people in far worse situations than I am in. There are many children with far greater challenges than Cody has. We may not like the cards we've been dealt, but we were never promised that life would be easy, much less, fair, as we perceive it.

Heb 4:16  Therefore let us come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.