What about those times when you've watched a movie or television show that ended with you thinking Glad that isn't my life!? How many times have you watched a murder or horrific accident and thought little of it. When it ends you think That sucks and move on with your life.
Think about all the legal/detective shows that are on TV now: Law and Order, Castle, NCIS, Hawaii 5-0, Psych, Blue Bloods. How relieved you feel when they finally figure out "who done it" and the man/woman is found "guilty" and taken away and the show ends with the main characters explaining how they "figured it out" and laugh it off over a nice coffee.
How often do these shows ever focus on the family of the defendant while they await the sentencing? The pleas the family and friends make before the judge on behalf of their beloved father, mother, son, or daughter? The tears that can't stop flowing from the defendant's face? A moment that would make every member of the jury wonder if they voted correctly should they have been privileged to see that moment? Justice is blind because she can't see the emotional part of a case.
Have you ever found yourself in a court room? Not for a mock debate or minor traffic violation, but to watch a serious debate regarding past mistakes and the future of someone you know. Maybe you were the parent or sibling of the person standing trial. Perhaps even the spouse or girlfriend/boyfriend. Or maybe you were just there because you were a long time family friend and you cared deeply about their pain.
If you have, then you know how there is no food you can bring, no word you can say, no scripture you can quote that can take away the pain. And so you hug and hold tight to the loved ones that are still with you and you pray for the one who is now taken from you, his/her freedom confiscated. You pray that something good will come from all this suffering, but you have little faith.
Faith or not, doesn't change this one fact: our God is just, but He is not blind. He cares so much about each person about the emotion. He offers so much mercy. An inexplicable emotion must have been in the heart of God when he sent His son to die for us. Even though He, who knows all things, knew very well that Christ would rise again on the third day. There is comfort to think that our little faith in the good we hope will come out of a dire situation, is nothing compared to the knowledge of God who was still pained by loss.
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