The Blame Game

-April 29, 2025-

Good morning beloved, happy Tuesday,

“Then the man said, ‘The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.’”

(Genesis 3:12).

It all started with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. When God confronted Adam with his sin, he proceeded to blame his wife. When God confronted Eve, she blamed the serpent. The serpent had no one left to blame.

Interestingly, Adam managed to not only blame Eve, but indirectly blamed God. Ever since that day, people have been blaming others and God, refusing to take the blame. I call it the “blame game.”

Why is it that we find it so easy to blame others, but so hard to shoulder the blame ourselves? We tend to blame others to justify ourselves, take the spotlight of ourselves, and try to make ourselves look better.

Husbands blame wives and wives blame husbands; parents blame their kids and the kids blame their parents; friends blame friends, and neighbors blame neighbors; employees blame bosses and bosses blame employees. Where will it all end?

As believers, this is very convicting to us. May the Lord help us to refrain blaming others, and take responsibility and accountability for our own sins, failures, mistakes, and mishaps. Former President Harry S. Truman had a sign on his desk that read, “The buck stops here.”

Have a blessed and blame free day. Stay safe and healthy.

The blame game is not a fun game.

Dean