Last night I mentioned to Tim that I'd like a cookies n' cream shake from Chick-Fil-A next to our house. As soon as I said it, he was out the door to get one for me, himself and Adam, since he stays up with us later than the other two.
In the morning, I come downstairs and I'm greeted by Logan & Jordan. Not by "Good morning!", but by "so, did you 'eat more chicken' (Chick-Fil-A's slogan) or did you drink more shakes? We found the containers in the trash."
Okay, so where do we get the idea as kids that life is always fair? It never is. There's lots of times when good stuff happens to bad people and bad stuff happens to good people. Many times the people that stay home collecting checks have nicer lifestyles than those who work hard at 2 jobs. The short lines take longer than the long lines at the grocery store. The snobby kid gets all the recognition. The spoiled kid keeps getting more and more. The poor kids struggle day after day, grateful for what little they have, and can't seem to get ahead. So where does this idea of fairness come from?
Maybe it goes beyond this world...When you get good things in this world, but aren't a good person, you lived selfishly for yourself and not for others, you never needed to be "saved" since you didn't seem anything you did was wrong, than what you get here on earth is ALL you get.
When you lived your life for others, but still made mistakes, still lost your temper, still made some bad choices, but you understand that, you realize you need someone to save you from the bad things you've done, and you trust Jesus, you may not always get a lot here on earth. Here's where the fairness comes in - you get eternity without tears, pain, mourning, death, problems - forever! So maybe the fairness thing is instilled in all of us before we're born, and we spend our time trying to figure out what's fair and what isn't.
