• Home
  • About
    • About Yvonne
    • Bio & Mission
    • Published Books
  • Spiritual Nuggets
    • How To Overcome Fear-Revisited
    • What Do You Believe?
    • This Combination Opens the Narrow Gate It!
    • Past Articles >
  • Speaking & Events
  • Contact
  • Spiritual Nuggets Podcast
Emeth in Agape
  • Home
  • About
    • About Yvonne
    • Bio & Mission
    • Published Books
  • Spiritual Nuggets
    • How To Overcome Fear-Revisited
    • What Do You Believe?
    • This Combination Opens the Narrow Gate It!
    • Past Articles >
  • Speaking & Events
  • Contact
  • Spiritual Nuggets Podcast

Spiritual Nuggets Past Articles

How to Move Forward When Something is Unfair - Spiritual Nugget 45

4/21/2021

0 Comments

 
Picture
I cannot begin to count the number of times I have heard someone utter the words, “It’s not fair.” Circumstances had arisen in different situations that made the person or persons feel they were being treated unjustly.
 
The list of events that seems unfair is endless.
  • Being passed over for a promotion that you believe you deserved
  • An acquaintance receives an inheritance and has no financial worries, while you are barely making ends meet.
  • You lose a spouse or child.
  • A husband and wife can’t have children, yet hundreds of unwanted children are placed in foster care or with adoption centers every day.
 
If I were to take a survey of how many of our perceived unjust situations have turned out to be blessings in disguise, I am certain it would be an eye-opener. Many negative situations have been known to evolve into a warm fuzzy that occurred later. Perhaps, shortly after that door closed on the desired promotion, another company offered you a more rewarding job with more money and fewer headaches.
 
The secret to moving through inequitable scenarios, is to look for the benefits that are usually present. You may have to wait a little longer to see them, but they usually appear. Inner strength is also developed, and there is always a lesson in the situation which will become apparent over time.
 
David, the shepherd boy, was at a definite disadvantage and in a seemingly unfair and impossible situation when he faced the Philistine giant, Goliath. But he confidently informed King Saul he was no slouch, having killed a lion and a bear with his bare hands. When he came face-to-face with Goliath, he belittled him and told him he had Divine help from the Lord God. David struck Goliath in the head with a stone that killed him, and proceeded to cut off his head. (1 Samuel 17: 34;45-46) How’s that for overcoming all the odds!
 
The parable of the workers in the vineyard describes how God’s grace is always active. A landowner hired idle, unemployed workers at different times of the day to work in his vineyard. No matter what hour of the day they started, at the end of the day, they were paid equally for the work they performed. (Matthew 20:1-16)
 
The workers who had been working since 9:00 in the morning grumbled about it being unfair that those who worked only an hour received the same pay as the workers who had been toiling since morning. The owner listened to their grumbling but did not take back the money he had paid the one-hour workers. To the owner, it didn’t matter how long each worker spent working. As the owner of the vineyard, he had the right to express his favor over all of the workers by giving them equal pay.
 
This parable applies equally to us. God’s grace deposited in the most negative circumstance, is everlasting and will move you forward regardless of the scenario. The author of the best-selling book “When God Winks at You” illustrates how “coincidence” can bring Divine intervention into a negative situation. If a situation seems unfair, pray, and wait for God’s grace to intervene. ¹

Picture
¹Rushnell, Squire D. When God Winks at You. New York: Simon and Shuster.
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Archives

    October 2024
    July 2024
    June 2024
    May 2024
    April 2024
    March 2024
    February 2024
    January 2024
    December 2023
    November 2023
    October 2023
    September 2023
    August 2023
    July 2023
    June 2023
    May 2023
    April 2023
    March 2023
    February 2023
    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Picture

~  Truth in Love  ~

Quick Links

Home
Speaking & Events
About
​Contact
Spiritual Nuggets Past Articles

Stay In Touch

Join our Email List
For Email Marketing you can trust.
Privacy Policy  |  Terms of Service  |  Copyright Emeth in Agape  |  Website by iTrust Marketing
  • Home
  • About
    • About Yvonne
    • Bio & Mission
    • Published Books
  • Spiritual Nuggets
    • How To Overcome Fear-Revisited
    • What Do You Believe?
    • This Combination Opens the Narrow Gate It!
    • Past Articles >
  • Speaking & Events
  • Contact
  • Spiritual Nuggets Podcast