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People ruin their lives by their own foolishness and then are angry at the Lord.
-Psalm 19:3(NLT)
WHY BLAME GOD?
A poem and essay by ILMA
Why do people tend to blame others?
It ruins us when we do it to one another
When we point to someone to blame
It just reinforces the feelings of shame.
Why blame God for something you did?
Why do the things he actually forbids?
Don’t destroy your life by fault-finding
Live in his truth; choose to stop sinning.________________________________________
It is human nature to point fingers to someone and not be responsible for the consequences of our own choices. It takes humility to be able to admit the wrong we’ve done and move forward with a mistake that we caused ourselves to experience. Ownership to material things is very easy to do but taking responsibility for our own actions involves a spiritual maturity which only comes from having a deep relationship with the Lord. I find it childish to blame God for things that we are dissatisfied or angry about. It is a picture of a spoiled brat having a tantrum fit to get his or her way. But, I am sure that if we can be honest, we probably have thrown fits ourselves maybe once or even more in our lifetime. The bible says that if we blame God and get angry with him, we are only ruining our lives.
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PRAYER
Lord, give me the humility to admit and take responsibility when I am wrong.
REFLECTION
When was the last time you blamed God or someone? What resulted from it?
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