When someone takes advantage of us, it's easy to become wrinkled, if not outright offended.

We're prone to declare our rights to get even.

That's especially true when someone violates our trust and assumes an advantage, or when

the breach involves money.

Today, on Insight for Living, Schuckswendall reminds us that unfairness has plagued humankind

from the beginning of time.

He's teaching from first Peter where the Apostle invites us to elevate our response.

Schucks titled today's message, Hope Beyond Unfairness, pressing on even though ripped

off.

Hey, let me ask you something.

Somebody used car and realized a few weeks later that what you really bought was a lemon.

Ever dropped eight bucks, maybe ten bucks on a movie that made last summer's home video

of your family vacation look like the sound of music?

Who hasn't been hoodwinked by a smooth talking salesman in a striped suit with styled hair

and patent leather shoes?

And by the way, who hasn't been burned by a glitzy ad campaign that promised a lot more

than it delivered?

You see, rip offs like these are relatively often and easy to recover from.

What's a lot more difficult to endure is when the suffering gets more personal.

For example, when someone slanders your reputation or gossips about you behind you back or maybe

pulls the economic rug out from under you or even worse than all of that threatens your

life.

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