There's one statement that gets my attention faster than anything else I've heard and that's the "It's not fair" statement.
You know, the one your children have probably thrown at you in the heat of the moment when you ask them to clean the bathroom and they feel its not "fair I have to clean the families bathroom, its not my mess" statement.
I answer my children in a stern, loving, truthful way and say
"Life isn't fair and it's not circus either."They actually hate when I say that! There's a lot of truth in that statement, after all, isn't a fair and a circus purchased entertainment where you get to sit on the sidelines and pay the performers to entertain you (to serve you)?
I know I don't want to be the one sitting on the sideline of life. I want to be out there being who God created me to be. I don't want to pay someone to do my service for me...besides when you are the one out their serving you are being entertained by something much more profound...something deeper in your soul than entertainment can bring.
SOAPBOX BREAK?
Besides, who created life's "fairness" measuring stick? I've never seen one that appeals to me. If life is fair for me, does that mean its not fair for someone else? Doesn't each individual decide what they deem is fair for their own life? I know I wouldn't want someone to tell me what they think fairness for my life should or shouldn't be, would you?
QUESTION BREAK
*Was it fair that Jesus had to die on a cross to pay for my debt of sin?
*Was it fair that Jesus had to be separated from God during the time of His crucifixion so I (you, the whole world) could go to Heaven?
*Was it fair to the parent who's child died, through no fault of their own?
ENDING
My goal as a parent is to get my children to see how selfish the "Its not fair" statement is and to take their eyes off of their self and see the world how another person views it. To have a servants heart and not live life on the sidelines thinking they hold "Life's Measuring Stick of Fairness".
