"Faith, Hope, and Love. But the greatest of these is Love." Hey wait! Where is fair? As you pan through the course of history throughout the pages of the Scriptures you won't see any record of "fair."
We are a culture that thrives on being "fair." With my own kids, I stress the importance of being fair. I think that some of this can be okay, but what fair does, is create a mindset that I deserve something for the plain and simple fact that someone else go it.
If we took it one steop further to its logical conclusion in eternity, what we get in salvation is DEFINITELY not fair! We mess up and do the wrong things, we seek our own desires and fulfill ourselves through earthly, even fleshly pursuits and what we get in return is eternal life?
What we deserve, what is fair is that we get death. Romans 6:23 tells us that the paycheck for even ONE sin is death. Let alone the countless times that we serve ourselves and give in to things that we KNOW lead to our own spiritual death and separation.
As I reflect on the fact that it has now been 4 months and 4 days since we left Florida, I have to fight the temptation to tell God, "Hey! I moved from Florida for this?! I gave up saltwater fishing and all of my amazing friends to be homeless in a state that has more cloudy/rainy days than teenagers have excuses?! God this isn't fair!"
We are a culture that thrives on being "fair." With my own kids, I stress the importance of being fair. I think that some of this can be okay, but what fair does, is create a mindset that I deserve something for the plain and simple fact that someone else go it.
If we took it one steop further to its logical conclusion in eternity, what we get in salvation is DEFINITELY not fair! We mess up and do the wrong things, we seek our own desires and fulfill ourselves through earthly, even fleshly pursuits and what we get in return is eternal life?
What we deserve, what is fair is that we get death. Romans 6:23 tells us that the paycheck for even ONE sin is death. Let alone the countless times that we serve ourselves and give in to things that we KNOW lead to our own spiritual death and separation.
As I reflect on the fact that it has now been 4 months and 4 days since we left Florida, I have to fight the temptation to tell God, "Hey! I moved from Florida for this?! I gave up saltwater fishing and all of my amazing friends to be homeless in a state that has more cloudy/rainy days than teenagers have excuses?! God this isn't fair!"
I am in the midst of reminding myself that I have an amazing family, a wonderful extended family, a church family here who has accepted my family and loved us and provided free temporary housing. We have our health, we have a great school, and even some new friends that we can be thankful for. Before you shake your OWN fist at God, take a moment to uncurl your fingers to examine just what you DO have and who it came from. Blessings.
Blessings right back atcha.
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