Wednesday; April 8
When many of us were growing up we were taught that if we just lived good lives everything would work out for us. If we worked hard, kept our noses clean and cared about other people, things would be okay. In fact, we might have been told something like if we just do good, good things would happen to us. Who knows, people might have referenced the wisdom of Solomon who wrote, “The integrity of the upright will guide them, but the crookedness of the treacherous will destroy them.” (Proverbs 11:3). It sounds good, doesn’t it? However, most of us also know of people whose lives seem to contradict this adage. We know folks who are rotten, but seem to have things continually go in their favor. We know of others who are notorious for doing good but are just as famous for having bad luck. How can that be? If the proverb is in the Bible, how can the good suffer and the bad prosper? I think the answer to this question comes fr...