That's Unfair!

January 15th.

"Thomas À Kempis wrote: 'It's good that, at times, we have sorrows and adversities. It's good that we sometimes endure opposition and are evilly and wrongly judged even though our actions may be good; for then we seek God's witness in the heart.' Sorrow and adversity are good for us? The idea feels both jarring and crazy. It's GOOD to be UNFAIRLY judged? Unfair criticisms and attacks make us angry and determined to set the matter straight. As Christians, we are called not to GET justice, but to GIVE justice. Righteous indignation has its place as we try to view the world's injustice through our heavenly Father's eyes. Jesus certainly didn't get justice. Yet in His Father's plans, out of that injustice came the wonder of the world's redemption.