“But Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony.'”
-Luke 16:25, NIV
“But they’re prospering! How is that just?!”
-Faithful Spouse
I am not immune to the feelings of frustration over my cheater’s apparent prosperity. It does not feel just.
Can you relate?
Maybe they are advancing in their career? Maybe it looks like they are rolling in the money? Maybe they are taking the trips you wanted to take but they said you all couldn’t afford?
They seem to be prospering, and it just feels wrong.
Then I remember that I am not God. My job is not to balance the moral balance sheets. Plus, I do not see everything. What I am seeing may just be a “false front” to a miserable life.
What I know is that you cannot outrun yourself and your history. You carry that wherever you plant yourself.
I am content to focus on my own life. The abundant gifts God has given me. My cheater is God’s problem now, not mine. That is what I believe it means to have forgiven her.
