Pastor Ralph Diehl » fair http://www.ralphdiehl.com Thoughts on Life Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:00:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 NOT FAIR! http://www.ralphdiehl.com/2009/09/12/not-fair/ http://www.ralphdiehl.com/2009/09/12/not-fair/#comments Sat, 12 Sep 2009 12:00:26 +0000 pastordiehl http://www.ralphdiehl.com/?p=1197 When we were raising our children, one of the comments that we would often heard was, “Not Fair!” It seemed whatever we did as parents didn’t seem fair. Our children were different ages, had different temperaments, and in  were in different circumstances, yet they all wanted us to treat them fairly. If they didn’t get what they wanted when they wanted it, they thought it was “Nor Fair”!

So many situations in life shout, “Not fair!” I observe Christian couples who struggle to have children while others are blessed with children and ignore or abuse them. I look at families whose children are all alive and well, and others who have a disabled child. I see friends who long to serve God but can’t because of health issues. “Not fair.”

I then must remember that we are not the judges of fairness. God is sovereign and does things the way He chooses according to His plans and purposes, not ours. The question isn’t about fairness. In the end, it’s about trust in a faithful God who knows what He is doing.

He is the Rock, His work is perfect; for all His ways are justice” (Deuteronomy 32:4).

Life is not always fair, but God is always faithful.

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