We know that God’s justice is perfect, so we know that our situation in life is what we’ve earned from our choices. The same principle that governs the spiritual realm also governs the physical realm.

You only get back what you put out.

You only get what you’ve earned.

A man with some degree of wisdom once said: We live in the best of all possible worlds.

That’s another way of saying God’s justice is perfect.

If we live in the best of all possible worlds because God’s justice is perfect, then the world as we experience it is what we’ve earned.

Collectively, we’ve earned the wars, the famines, the pestilences, the rapes, the murders, the wealth, the poverty, and everything else that happens on Earth.

Individually, we’ve earned the debts, the jobs, the relationship hassles, the gifts, the tears, the losses, and even the illnesses.

If you believe that God’s justice is perfect, then you have to accept what is written above.

Many people have difficulty accepting that things are the way they are because of God’s perfect justice. They would rather blame others (including God) for their problems than to point a finger at themselves. This deflection of blame is the number one reason keeping people from turning back to God.

Adam blamed Eve, Eve blamed the serpent, and yet both Adam and Eve were guilty by reason of their own free will choice.

God didn’t banish them from Paradise; they banished themselves.

What choices have you made that brought you to where you are now? What personal outcomes have you blamed on other people or on political systems or corporations?

Who or what are you blaming now?

God’s justice is perfect. We can only get back what we put out.

You can stop the pain, if you want to, by stopping the blame. You can stand before God and say: I’m only getting what I deserve, both good and bad.

And while you’re standing there, you can also thank God for always making the best of every situation. God loves us all the same, so he always mitigates our punishments, just as he always boosts our rewards.

That’s the God we serve. That’s our Dad. That’s his perfect justice.

We live in the best of all possible worlds.

We only get back what we put out.

If you want a good life, make good choices.

Amen.