A Thought About Buying Things Twice

I remember being in grade school near the end of the year when every class had the opportunity to file down the hall way passed the tables and tables of stuff that had accumulated from the lost and found box. If you didn't claim your lost items on the walk through they became the possession of the school and were used for the school auction at the end of the day.  I remember one of my friends seeing one of her scarves after it was too late and having to buy it back.  It seemed so unfair to me that she had to pay twice for something that already belonged to her in the first place. But neither does it seem fair that God too had to pay twice for each of us, but he did.  We belong to him first because he created us, and then he bought us again with the blood of his very own son. Sometimes we are tempted to complain when things aren't fair but maybe we should be very glad that things are not always fair.  That's all my thoughts on that for now