Symptomatic words: "Fair" and "Unfair", "Resent" and "Resentment"
by A. W. Tozer After hearing some Christians talk for a while, one begins to sense the presence of health or disease in their souls. Certain words keep cropping up that tell us more about the speakers than they dream we know, and certainly more than they want us to know. Words are symptomatic. One such word sometimes used among Christians is "fair," or its unpleasant sister "unfair." People use these words to describe the treatment accorded them by other people, and on the surface they would seem to be altogether innocent, even indispensable words. Nevertheless, they indicate an inner attitude that has no place among Christians. The man who refers to one or another act as being "unfair" to him is not a victorious man. He is inwardly defeated, and in self-defense he is appealing to the referee to note that he has been fouled. This gives him an alibi when they carry him out on a stretcher and saves his face while his ...