| Submit
to Being Deprived by Pat
Nordman
| "Must
brother really go to law with brother, and that before unbelievers? ... Why not rather
submit to injury? Why not rather submit to being deprived of something?" 1
Corinthians 6:7-8 RSV |
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When our son died I was told by our church lawyer that we had a case for a
lawsuit against the college he was attending. He had tried to commit suicide there and
they never contacted us. At the time it was the last thing I wanted, for I had sense
enough to know that these are not simple things.
The cry of the land seems to be, "Sue them!" I've watched with interest the
proliferation of all these frivolous lawsuits and always I think, "What does God
think of all this nonsense?" I realize there are legitimate reasons for some
lawsuits, but this has gotten blasphemous. Years ago there was a story in the paper about
a little girl who didn't get her toy in the Cracker Jax box. Her father sued! I thought,
what an ideal opportunity for Dad to sit little Princess down and tell her the facts of
life: sometimes we don't get our toys! That's life, child!
"Why not submit to being deprived of something?" It's a great idea, but in
today's aura of rights and things, I rather doubt this would fly. But it would certainly
bring some peace to the earth, wouldn't it?
Pat Nordman
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