Clay in the Hands

Have you ever noticed that people don’t like taking responsibility for things?

“Don’t look at me!”

“Wasn’t me!”

“Don’t blame me!”

“I have no idea what you are talking about!”

All common responses to questioning.

We all have a tendency to want to transfer blame.  We would like to be the hero in every story and so we don’t want people to see us in any other light.  But the truth is, many times we aren’t blameless.  Saying we are not to blame does not make it so.

If we truly want to be blameless, we need to start taking responsibility for our actions.  There is only one truly blameless person that has ever walked the earth and because of his sacrifice,  our shortcomings can be covered.  But we must own those shortcomings – confess those faults – and ask for forgiveness.

Transferring blame or denying responsibility does not make us blameless.  Only taking responsibility and asking forgiveness can make us whole.

Jesus makes a way for us to be blameless and that is something to be thankful for this week!