{"id":785,"date":"2010-12-05T06:34:57","date_gmt":"2010-12-05T06:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/redletters\/2010\/12\/advent-day-8-not-fair.html"},"modified":"2010-12-05T06:34:57","modified_gmt":"2010-12-05T06:34:57","slug":"advent-day-8-not-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2010\/12\/advent-day-8-not-fair.html","title":{"rendered":"Advent Day 8: “Not fair!”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ever get tired of hearing that phrase from your kids?  “But it’s not fair!”<\/p>\n

You know what isn’t fair? <\/p>\n

It isn’t fair that millions of children have only dirty, parasite-infected water to drink. Drink it and they die. Don’t drink it, and they die. Not fair.<\/p>\n

It isn’t fair that there are children who have no food, and to get any they have to work or forage or beg or worse. Not fair.<\/p>\n

Those things are not only unfair, they are not how God designed His kingdom. This Advent, let’s bring the Kingdom to orphans in the form of cold clean water and regular nutritious meals. <\/p>\n

Are you with me?<\/p>\n

\"Advent_Day8<\/span> <\/p>\n

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