Kids are big on making sure that things are “fair.” If mom is pouring some chocolate milk, and big or little brother gets .067 ounces more in his cup, it only takes about .067 seconds for the kid so let out a, “Hey, he got more. That’s not fair!”
The sad truth is that life isn’t always fair. As one of our good friends is fond of reminding his kids, “There’s only two ‘fair’s’ in this life: State and County”
Although some things in this life aren’t fair, we must always remember that God is perfectly fair. The following quotes might be helpful for some who are dealing with things in their life that might not seem to be fair or just:
“Elder Dallin H. Oaks taught, “Singleness, childlessness, death, and divorce frustrate ideals and postpone the fulfillment of promised blessings…But these frustrations are only temporary. The Lord has promised that in the eternities no blessing will be denied his sons and daughters who keep the commandments…and desire what is right” (Elder Dallin H. Oaks, Ensign, Nov. 1993, 75).
“Because the Savior endured perfectly his staggering [injustices], we will be recompensed for our own faithful endurance of life’s contradictions, injustices, and flat-out unfair circumstances. That is, through the Atonement, all of life’s contradictions, all injustices, and all unfair circumstances will be made up to us, all unfair disadvantages will be made right in the eternal scheme of things” (BYU professor Andrew Skinner, “Gethsemane”).
“How much is it worth to those who are discouraged, to those who have been harshly dealt with, to those for whom life has been hard, to those who don’t quite seem to have found their place; to those who have been misjudged, to those who have been deprived of opportunity, to know that God is our Father, that he is mindful of us, that all we cannot understand will sometime be understood; that all injustices will be corrected, that in the ultimate working out of our Father’s ways, no one will receive anything he shouldn’t, and no one will be deprived of anything he should receive?” (Elder Richard L. Evans, Conference Report, April 1965, Afternoon Meeting, p.135)
In the end, all wrongs will be made right, and our “immortal spirit [will] join the choirs above in singing the praises of a just God.” (Mosiah 2:28)
