fairness = giving everyone what they need

watching a video in class, this hit me when i heard it. they were talking about how teachers contest that it isn't fair for them to give students with learning disabilities extra help, because they were not doing the same with all the other students. of course they weren't. to bo fair, they did not have to give everyone the same instruction... they just had to give each child the instruction he or she needed. and some needed more than otheres.

it's easy to see things as not being fair, if we view fair as being equal treatment. sometimes i wonder if it's fair that i live a healthy and comfortable life while others suffer pain, sickness, poverty, etc. then it boils down to trusting His judgment of fairness. He knows what everyone needs, and that different people have different needs. ultimately, I believe He will put each of us in exactly the right position we have to be in so that we will recognize our need for Him, or best show His glory and sovereignty to others. my view of fair is drastically skewed, especially since I don't know what exactly I need or what others need. we rely on God to judge fairness. If He says, "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion," (which He does say, romans 9:15) then it's clear He is in control of things and judges by His own standard, which is not equal but fair.