Unfair

The wealthy grow fat from the gain of their greed,

While others are hungry and in desperate need.

Criminals get away with their evil deeds,

Unconcerned as they are with their victims' needs.

An innocent child suffers a deadly disease,

While her mother begs for a cure, on her knees.

A tornado rips through the middle of town,

And some homes are spared, others torn down.

A promotion is given to the brown-nosing clown,

While the loyal, hard-worker's raise is turned down.

Parents work hard, to give their kids the best chance,

But the children just scoff and turn away without a glance.

Corporations pump toxins into the water and the air.

The effects on our planet?  They do not seem to care.

Some persecute their brothers, based on color, sex, or creed,

With a "moral obligation" to perform some evil deed.

With chaos all around us, so much appears unfair;

It makes me often wonder:  does God know or even care?

But He sees what's all around us; our troubles are His, too.

He took a risk before hand, when He created me and you.

With a choice to love and follow Him, or to throw it all away,

We brought sin and death into the world, a penalty to pay.

God knew we could not pay the price;

It called for too great a sacrifice.

With a love we cannot comprehend,

God's plan:  his only son He'd send.

To give up heaven's splendor, take on all our shame,

Be tempted in all ways, and, though faultless, bear our blame.

His holy blood to cover sins that were not His,

Who could imagine such a love as this?

Justice would mean giving us what we deserve,

But mercy is His gift, and He came only to serve.

Since we don't want what's fair in our own circumstance,

Let's follow God's lead and give grace a chance.