The narrator on a documentary series on St. Paul that I was watching this week insisted repeatedly that God never gives us more than we can handle. With all due respect to the saint and the talking head, that’s a load of crap. The world is full of injustices, many of which are far beyond remedy. If you don’t believe me, just ask the people of Haiti, or the Afghans who died at the airport.
There are only two ways to deal with the persistence of injustice, other than to fight against it as best you can. First, you can follow most religions and assume that all will be put right in the next world, so the here and now is relatively unimportant. Or, if you can’t swallow that, you can take the position that all we can do is play the hand we have been dealt as best we can. That is stoicism, or, if you prefer, it’s twentieth century cousin, existentialism.
Which attitude is best? You decide.