"Why is God is not fair? To properly answer that, you have to look at

the whole picture. When God created this world we live in, and created us,

it was perfect. Man was created to livefor ever, the world was a perfect

environment. God made man with freewill to make choices. This was done so

man could freely choose to love, worship, and obey his creator. Otherwise,

we would have been little more than robots. As we know, man exercised his

freewill and chose to disobey God, bringing sin into God's perfect world. As

we fast forward to the day we live in, we must realize that sin has now

infected every aspect of this once perfect world. Of course, there will be a

day very soon when God will

exercise His judgment over His creation, and the world as we know it will no

longer exist. However, God has promised for those choosen by him, an eternal

place where everything will be perfect. The Bible tells us there will be no

more death, no more tears, no more sorrow. The pain and suffering of this

life will be over. The unfairness that exists in this life will be gone for

ever.

In the meantime, we live in this sin-filled imperfect world where things are

not always fair. We see those living good lives, following God each day,

struggling to get by. We see those who curse God and blaspheme His very

name enjoying all of the finest things this world can offer. That isn't

fair. We see those who have helped others and served God faithfully dealing

with the pain of disease on a daily basis. At the same time, those who

destroy people's lives for their own gain wake up each morning enjoying

perfect health. We see bad thing happen to good people, and good things

happen to bad people every day...and deep inside we scream out to God "it

isn't fair!!!!"

If this life is all there is, then it really is not fair. But for those who

have put their faith and trust in the Lord know, this is only a brief season,

there is an eternity with God our creator waiting for us when this life is

over. You see, once life on earth ends, all of the things that mark our life

here end as well. The money you have or don't have means nothing. The

physical shape you are in, good or bad, means nothing. The position you hold

in this life means nothing. Rich or poor, fit or incapacitated, king or

commoner...death becomes the great equalizer.

The comfort we have, the hope we have each day is that even though for now

things may not seem to be fair. They may not make sense. But we have to

put our faith and trust in God's Word that let's us know He loves us. He is

in control. And even though He may allow things to happen that we don't

understand, nowhere in the Bible does it say we are supposed to understand

everything. It does say, we are to be faithful to the commitment of our

lives to God. It does say we are to be obedient children. It does say we

are to love the Lord our God and follow Him each day. The Bible tells us

that God's ways, God's thoughts are so much above ours. So rather than worry

about what we see as unfair, let us instead work harder on being the best we

can each day, even in the midst of situations we do not agree with, realize

that those are times of testing when we make our faith real. After all, our

ultimate hope is not in today, but in the eternity God has promised to those

who will put their faith, trust, and lives in Him.