Justice or Mercy?

All this I saw, as I applied my mind to everything done under the sun. There is a time when a man

lords it over others to his own hurt. 10Then too, I saw the wicked buried – those who used to come and go from the holy place and receive praise in the city where they did this. This too is meaningless. ~ Ecclesiastes 8.9-10 (NIV)

It’s not FAIR!

Do you hear me? It’s not FAIR!

A defendant before the bench with five cases pleads to one or two with dismissals

for the rest. What?

Commit one and get two free?

A bargain!

One judge gives twenty years, another, ten probated for the same

crime.

It’s not fair.

Me? I deserve three days in an electric

chair.

It’s not fair any of us get lenience.

I get relief from fear, freedom from guilt, joie de vivre.

Unrepentents feel that three days every day.

Grace. Such a great gift, God.

I’m so glad you don’t give me justice.