Most of us grew up hearing, ―Life is not fair.‖ I can still remember those moments as a child crying to my mother or father that their actions were ―NOT FAIR.‖ My dad loved telling me that ―Life is not fair, so get used to it.‖ As adults we have sort of come to terms with the fact that life is not fair: Sometimes we don’t get that promotion that we deserve, or maybe we didn’t get the raise we should have. While we know that life is not fair, most of us are firmly convinced that God is fair, but the stories we will read next week remind us that God is, in fact, not fair! God is more than fair, God is GRACIOUS.