149 Fair or Grace?

FAIR… When people say, "I just want what's fair." They are saying you haven't been fair to them or they think you are getting ready to take advantage of them in a business deal, a family situation, or something else... you fill in the blank. Chris Voss says "fair" is a word of "power ".  The person who used it first has the power, unless you know how to turn it around by asking, "Fair?" and letting them talk more. Check out his book "Never Split The Difference" and look up his chapter on the word FAIR. In reality few things are "fair". Life is not fair. However, we would not like it if it were! What I prefer is mercy and grace. Mercy and Grace is what God showed us through His Son Jesus on the cross. He died in our place! That was not fair, but that was love, AGAPE LOVE. Mercy and Grace come out of Love. They do not come from "fair".  This world is not fair. So how do we help students and their families understand "fair" when it comes to God, when there is so much suffering in the world? It's important that our students and their leaders know that God is good even when their is horrible suffering in the world. Remind yourself and students who want answers to hard questions that God uses us to change our world. It won't answer all of their questions or ours, but it will make them a part of the answers instead of leaving them believing God is cruel and uncaring. So we move forward… How? We must pray and fast for God's intervention. Ask him to show His Grace and Mercy through His Love to others and through us others. _______________________________ Looking for a new student ministry resource? You can read my book "Burn Up Not Out: A Student Ministry Fire Builder's Guidebook" here: https://amzn.to/3PtBTIy Listen to more episodes from the Youth Worker On Fire Podcast here: https://bit.ly/3saDyYq _______________________________ EPISODE CREDITS Email us at: [email protected] Hosted by: Doug Edwards Theme Song: "The One and Only" by The 808 (Listen to more at: https://bit.ly/3FTYIAJ ) Intro/Outro Voiceover: Michael Helms ( https://www.youtube.com/@MichaelTheSoundGuy ) Edited by: Secret Roots Music House