{"id":7582,"date":"2015-06-25T06:30:33","date_gmt":"2015-06-25T10:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/myrosecoloredshades.com\/?p=7582"},"modified":"2015-06-26T08:36:18","modified_gmt":"2015-06-26T12:36:18","slug":"weekly-wisdom-ill-tell-you-whats-not-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myrosecoloredshades.com\/2015\/06\/25\/weekly-wisdom-ill-tell-you-whats-not-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Wisdom: I’ll Tell You What’s Not Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/myrosecoloredshades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Shaded_Cross.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7581\" src=\"http:\/\/myrosecoloredshades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Shaded_Cross-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Shaded_Cross\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myrosecoloredshades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Shaded_Cross-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/myrosecoloredshades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Shaded_Cross-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/myrosecoloredshades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Shaded_Cross-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As I continue to follow the Women in the Word series at <a href=\"http:\/\/shereadstruth.com\" target=\"_blank\">She Reads Truth<\/a>, I thought I\u2019d share my thoughts from previous weeks’\u00a0stories. The story of <a href=\"http:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/2015\/06\/09\/rebekah\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rebekah<\/a>, the wife of Isaac, stood out to me as it was a great reminder of God\u2019s sovereignty and that nothing, not even the cleverest human devised scheme, can deter God\u2019s sovereign plan. In discussing Rebekah, the author opens her post with phrases that have been banned from her family vocabulary. When she mentioned the words \u201cNo fair!\u201d being one of them, I was thinking that one should be at the top of my family list.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t even count how many times I\u2019ve heard my girls whine, \u201cWhy? That\u2019s not fair!, when things aren\u2019t going their way. It\u2019s funny because when my kids say, \u201cIt\u2019s not fair,\u201d they\u2019re not really standing up for justice but just complaining that things are not in their favor.\u00a0As much as I like to be a good parent and survey the situation as fairly as I possibly can and patiently explain to my kids why things are the way they are, I agree with the author that sometimes they just need to learn to trust authority and be satisfied with \u201cBecause I said so.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>How many times have I failed to trust God\u00a0and His promises <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>and chose to ignore His\u00a0sovereignty?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Does this whole scenario remind you of your relationship with God? It sure does to me. How many times have I protested to God when things weren\u2019t going my way? How many times have I failed to trust God\u00a0and His promises and chose to ignore His\u00a0sovereignty? It made me think of the Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=matthew+20%3A1-16&version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\">Matthew 20:1-16<\/a><\/strong>. The landowner invites men to work in his vineyard for an agreed amount of pay. At the end of the day, those who were hired later in the day receive the same amount of pay as those who were hired in the beginning of the day, which causes those who were hired first to complain about the unfairness of the situation. The landowner reminds them that they had agreed on the amount of pay and that he has the right to do what he wants with his own money.<\/p>\n<p>In the same way, God is our sovereign creator and by His love and mercy, He has chosen to offer each one of us the gift of grace. We may accept that gift at different times in our lives, some of us sooner than others, but the resulting blessing is the same for all of us. We are saved by His grace and are given access to His eternal kingdom. It\u2019s not about fairness, it\u2019s about God\u2019s unconditional love for His creation.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>If we really want to talk about things not being fair, <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>let\u2019s talk about Jesus Christ.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>If we really want to talk about things not being fair, let\u2019s talk about Jesus Christ. The perfect Lamb of God was sinless and yet He took on our sins. It says in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=2+Corinthians+5%3A21&version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\">2 Corinthians 5:21<\/a><\/strong>, \u201cHe made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.\u201d He was perfectly obedient to God\u2019s will, \u201cobedient to death, even death on a cross\u201d (<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Philippians%202&version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\">Philippians 2:8<\/a><\/strong>). And yet it says in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Romans+8%3A14-17&version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\">Romans 8:17<\/a><\/strong>, \u201cNow if we are children, then we are heirs\u2014heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ.\u201d Now how is it fair that Jesus did all the work and we get to be “co-heirs” with Him! I don\u2019t hear anyone protesting. I’d say it’s completely unfair but this is what God\u2019s grace, love and mercy are all about.<\/p>\n<p>Have a blessed rest of the week!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloglovin.com\/blogs\/my-rose-colored-shades-10658125\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bloglovin.com\/widget\/bilder\/en\/widget.gif?id=10658125\" alt=\"Follow on Bloglovin\" width=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/myrosecoloredshades?ref=badge\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/myrosecoloredshades.com\/\/badges.instagram.com\/static\/images\/ig-badge-view-24.png\" alt=\"Instagram\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Linking up with these lovelies: <a title=\"Word Filled Wednesday Linkup\" href=\"http:\/\/www.w2wministries.org\/2015\/06\/god-is-faithful.html\" target=\"_blank\">Word Filled Wednesday<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a title=\"A Little R & R Linkup\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rosilindjukic.com\/2015\/06\/a-little-r-r-wednesdays-a-linky-party-108.html\" target=\"_blank\">A Little R & R<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a title=\"Coffee and Conversation Linkup\" href=\"http:\/\/momsmorningcoffee.com\/coffee-and-conversation-link-party-47\/\" target=\"_blank\">Coffee and Conversation<\/a> |\u00a0<a title=\"Thursday Favorite Things Linkup\" href=\"http:\/\/all-thats-jas.com\/2015\/06\/thursday-favorite-things-195.html\" target=\"_blank\">Thursday Favorite Things<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a title=\"SHINE Blog Hop\" href=\"http:\/\/thedeliberatemom.com\/shine-blog-hop-53\/\" target=\"_blank\">SHINE<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/3dlessons4life.com\/in-the-quiet\/\" target=\"_blank\">Thought Provoking Thursday<\/a>\u00a0| <a href=\"http:\/\/www.servingjoyfully.com\/2015\/06\/24\/thriving-thursday-624\/\" target=\"_blank\">Thriving Thursday<\/a> |\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/forfunreadinglist.blogspot.com\/2015\/06\/cozy-reading-spot-98.html\" target=\"_blank\">Cozy Reading Spot<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a title=\"Fellowship Fridays Linkup\" href=\"http:\/\/christianmommyblogger.com\/ff77_testimony\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fellowship Fridays<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a title=\"Faith Filled Friday Linkup\" href=\"http:\/\/www.missionalwomen.com\/faith-filled-friday-blog-link-up\" target=\"_blank\">Faith Filled Friday<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a title=\"Faith & Fellowship\" href=\"http:\/\/www.simplemomentsstick.com\/2015\/06\/faith-and-fellowship-blog-hop_26.html\" target=\"_blank\">Faith & Fellowship<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.beingconfidentofthis.com\/uncategorized\/grace-and-truth-week-24\/\" target=\"_blank\">Grace & Truth<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I continue to follow the Women in the Word series at She Reads Truth, I thought I\u2019d share my thoughts from previous weeks’\u00a0stories. 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