It Rains on the Just and Unjust

Sometimes it's really hard to watch someone that you might consider to be an undeserving person get something in their life that you really want as well. I can't tell you how many times I've watched someone I personally felt did not work as hard, or did not appreciate something a much, get that thing that I so badly wanted. Life can really feel unfair at times.

It got me thinking about Matthew 5:45, which states "that you may be children of your heavenly Father, for he makes the sun rise on the bad and the good, and causes rain to fall on the just and unjust."

We are all loved, despite our sins. And, it's very easy to minimize the severity of our own sins, while at the same time make the sins of those around us out to be massive, and so much worse than our own. The truth is, that a sin is still a sin. And, we must live by God's law even if we see those around us doing something we consider to be worse. We are not being graded on a curve. Those who sin less than others are still sinning. We must remember that God loves all of us, despite our sins. If we are truly followers we should be doing no less than God does. We should forgive those who don't know any better. We should be unselfish, kind, gentle, long-suffering, and giving.

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