No blame game...
Whatever we walk by, we walk by each ourselves.
We live in a litigious society that constantly seeks to cast blame on others. It's nothing new; even in the Garden of Eden, Eve blamed the devil and Adam blamed Eve and God.
Truth be told, we, each one of us, answer for our own selves. I don't mean that only in the sense of facing judgment when we die. I also believe it matters in how we live. The Proverbs writer said, "If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if you scoff, you alone will bear it." (Proverbs 9:12 ESV)
If we seek wisdom and seek God in this life, the benefit will be ours.
If we scorn wisdom and refuse God in this life, the loss will be ours.
Interestingly enough, and we all know this, ancillary benefits and burdens will be born by those in our lives. Consequence or blessing is ours, but our lives are connected, so we cannot say what we reject or embrace will not affect those in our lives.
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