"And Saul said, 'They have brought them from the Amalekites; for the people spared the best of the sheep and oxen to sacrifice to the LORD your God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed....I have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. But the people took of the plunder, sheep and oxen, the best of the things which should have been utterly destroyed.' "
I Samuel 15: 15, 20b-21
What to do when caught? Of course!! Blame someone else! It was my parents' fault, or my genes, or my environment, or my poverty, or (when all else fails) the devil made me do it. Saul blamed the people when he should have said, like President Harry Truman, "The buck stops here." Admitting that it's my fault is difficult. The blame-game may make me feel better, but it does not solve the problem.
Today's Thought: Confronting my own failure is better than blaming someone else.
Have an "owning-up" day. Love you.
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