[498 words] How many times in your life have you felt or expressed your frustration that life is not fair? Probably every parent has heard these words groaned with varying degrees of grief from their children. God has heard these words many many times, even from adults. Usually these are the words of pain or sorrow or sickness or jealousy or even fear. We see the good fortune of others and feel somehow that we have been deprived of what we deserve! The scriptures record many heartaches in the lives of men and women. Jacob’s beloved Rachel died in childbirth (Gen. 35:19). Joseph was hated by his family, sold into slavery by his brothers (Gen. 37), and wrongly imprisoned in a foreign land (Gen. 39). David’s own son rose up against him to take his life and kingdom (2 Sam. 15). Job experienced financial ruin, the death of his ten…