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The problem with the world isn’t money, it’s fairness. Life isn’t fair. It’s extra-kind to rich people and extra-mean to poor people.

What can we do?

Jesus said that the poor would always be among us. He didn’t give them money. He healed them to give them justice. So did his disciples in Acts. Isaiah 11:4 says that Jesus is the judge who gives justice to the poor.

So, don’t love money, don’t hate money either. Just give justice to the poor. Use your money to give justice to the poor and to make other people give justice to the poor.  · · · →

There are two great self-realization “epiphany” moments in life:

“I am different from my ideas.”

and

“It’s my fault.”

Knowing that you are not one-in-the-same with your ideas liberates you. You can change your ideas like a pair of shoes. Someone criticizing your ideas won’t insult you personally because they are merely criticizing your ideas, not you.

Knowing something is your own fault frees you to do something about it. You can’t change anything or fix any problem unless it’s your own fault. Maybe it’s only your fault for not having improved.

So, try on this idea: It’s your fault.  · · · →

Among many, one trait fails to set Christians apart from all others: blame-shifting. We all like to blame our problems on someone else—our obstacles, our challenges, our injuries. But, for Christians, we have one bigger problem that forbids us, supposedly, from doing so: The Doctrine of Sovereignty.

God is “sovereign”. He has power over everything—everything! Nothing happens to me which has not first passed through the approving hands of my Father. No matter how painful, unfair, inconvenient—all things that happen to me are for my own good if I am truly a Christian.

That’s hard to accept.  · · · →