Seems like everyone is suddenly very upset because so many things are not fair. Apparently an entire generation has been intently focused on things that are not fair and they are mad and motivated. They have come of age and they are upset.
On the one hand this is exciting news. Some good changes are certainly on the way with all this new energy being unleashed against unfairness. On the other hand, this is not the first generation to throw itself fully against what is unfair.
As a person who was a teen in the 1960’s in the USA I saw Martin Luther King, Jr. go beyond what was fair. He dreamed of and fought for something much greater than what is fair. He called a generation to be fair and to love at the same time. He died for more than fairness. He died for love, too.
As noble a goal as fighting what is unfair is, it is far short of what is needed. Unfair only gives way to genuine, sacrificial love. I believe that is what Dr. King believed because he believed in Jesus.
I know the passion for fairness is wonderful to feel and to see. Even so, I pray that among those who are screaming so loudly in other people’s faces there would be many who remember that fair needs love and true love is always fair and even more than fair.
Jesus never used the word fair. He used the word just. Just includes love that is fair. It is hard to think of Jesus getting up in anyone’s face screaming. It is easy to see him getting up on the cross bleeding. Kind of reminds me of Martin Luther King, Jr. I never saw him scream in anyone’s face and I never saw him back down or stop loving.
Bud McCord
Abide International
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