The Blame Game

The game had not been going well and the manager of the baseball team was so disgusted by his shortstop’s performance that he yanked him out of the game and assumed the position himself. The first ball that came to shortstop took a bad hop and hit him right in the mouth. The next one was a fly ball which he lost in the glare of the sun, until it bounced off his forehead. The third hit was a hard line drive that went right past his glove and between his legs. Now furious, he ran back to the dugout, grabbed the shortstop by his uniform and shouted, “You’ve got shortstop so messed up that even I can’t do anything with it!” As we read passages like Ezekiel 18:1-4, the truth is that we’re each responsible for our own actions and behavior. And even though it’s one of our favorite things to do, starting today, may we be aware of and quit playing the blame game!