Brene Brown has a video out on blame. It is funny but so
true, click the link below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZWf2_2L2v8
It is funny how easy we get into blaming others for our
problems. We see it today with the nut job who shot up the school in Roseburg.
The president is blaming guns and gun control is needed. Somehow he believes
this whole thing would not have happened if he restricted the rights of
everyone to have firearms. On the other side I have heard some blame the drugs
he was on as causing the psychotic event.
When all is said and done, a deranged young man when in and
shot a ton of people. He killed himself in the end and justice was swift. As
much as this stinks and we can blame tons of circumstances that caused this
event, but when all is said and done it was a single person doing evil.
Matthew 7:3 – 5 has Jesus talking about criticizing and
blaming others:
3 And why
beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the
beam that is in thine own eye? 4 Or how wilt thou say to
thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is
in thine own eye? 5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the
beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote
out of thy brother’s eye.
We tend to live in a society where the blame game is more
common that taking personal responsibility. Take the video, Ms. Brown blamed
her husband for spilt coffee when he was at work. How many times do you
personally blame someone for something, anything? How many times was it totally
your fault? How many times was it because you were having emotions towards that
“blame’ee” that only you can control?
See we need to pull the plank out of our eyes before blaming
someone else for the spec! We tend to miss the obvious since we don’t want to admit
fault or own an emotion. It’s safer and easier to get mad, place blame and
absolve oneself from any responsibility.
The key again is be like Jesus and don’t blame others.
Even on the cross he did not blame those killing Him!!