Tuesday, November 22, 2011

"THAT'S NOT FAIR"

  


    "THAT'S NOT FAIR" was the protest that came out of my five year old son's mouth last night as we were reading the Bible at bed time.  We had just finished reading the story of Joseph and were talking about how Joseph choose to be nice to his brothers even though his brothers were not nice to him.  Ethan protested loudly and passionately  that it was not fair that Joseph had to be nice to those who were not nice to him.  I agreed with Ethan that it was not fair, because it isn't, but then turned the conversation to God.  We talked about how we do things to God that are not nice, and yet God did something nice for us (nice is a gross understatement, but that was the lingo we were using).  God did something nice for us, He sent Jesus to take our place, to pay the penalty that we deserved, to take the punishment that we deserved.  It is not fair, and I am very thankful that life isn't always fair, aren't you?
      Since life isn't fair we have forgiveness.  Since life isn't fair we can have life to the fullest here on earth and for eternity.  Since life isn't fair we can have a relationship with God.  Since life isn't fair, we can be God's dwelling place.  Since life isn't fair, we have hope!  Life isn't fair, and I am thankful to God for that!  
      The two take aways for Ethan and I last night were....
       1.)  We need to thank God that he choose to be nice to us, even though we are not always nice to
                    Him.
       2.)  As followers of Jesus we need to be nice to those who are not nice to others!

So why are you thankful that life isn't fair???