“For the upright will inhabit the land, and those of integrity will remain in it; but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the treacherous ripped out of it.” (Proverbs 2:21-22 CSB – Read the chapter)
The best stories always have a happy ending. That’s not the same thing as saying every story has a happy ending, but the best ones always do. In the end, the good guys win. Perhaps even more importantly, in the end, the bad guys lose. We celebrate that in our stories because it doesn’t always or even often feel like it’s what happens in real life. Here, injustice feels like it wins the day more often than it doesn’t. Evil people thrive in spite of the best efforts of those who are trying to advance the cause of righteousness. Given that, a proverb like this one feels hard to believe. Let’s talk about what we should do with it, and why, in spite of appearances, it really is true.
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