I always thought that I would have life delivered to me in a fair trade. I give God my discipline, and He gives me His blessings. But over the course of my life, especially my adult life, I've discoverd that our Lord doesn't work like that. It's not in His nature. Throughout the past few years, I've been trying to strip myself of the notions I have of Jesus. I am trying to discover Jesus, and give up the things I have created in my mind about Him that might not necessarily be true.
My pastor said something to me that stuck out so clearly about the nature of God. He was describing the Christian who complains about life not being fair at times, and putting blame on Jesus. He said so bluntly, "You're right, life isn't fair, and that's why Jesus steps in." God knows that our world is broken, but that is not His fault. He transforms us and our world. We are so blessed to have a God that intervenes in our lives every single day. God is fair. God is love.
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