The Blame Game

            I have found that whenever something bad happens, most people blame God by saying that He is cruel, He doesn’t love us or that He is dead. I personally think it’s unfair and a cop out. It’s so rare that I come across people who acknowledges and praise God when good things happen to them. Most tend to internalize it and give themselves the credit. Why the double standards? It’s contradictory and arrogant.

            Let’s face it, at some point or another we are all guilty of this, including myself. But I quickly came to a realization that good or bad; it is my action that essentially determines the outcome of a situation or problem. I realized that the sooner I take responsibility of my own actions, the better I will be at facing the consequences. I don’t blame God for anything anymore; in fact I always thank God and praise myself for having faith in Him when good things happen in my life.

I believe that when you have faith in the ‘big man’ things will happen in your life. When they are good things, you get elated and you thank God for it. But when they are bad, you need to take it in stride, accept and understand that it’s only bad because you perceive it to be. I think that when bad things happen, there’s always something there for us to learn from. That’s what life lessons are.

God isn’t cruel or mean. Neither is He vengeful or unforgiving. He is always there for us and always talks to us. The problem is we have all stopped listening. We need to take time and listen to him, see the signs that He gives. Have faith in Him for everything that happens always happens for a good reason. We may not be able to see the silver lining but its there. We just need to look long enough and we’ll find it.

Take responsibility of your own actions and face the consequences. Stop the blame game and take a good look at yourselves. It is easy and convenient to blame God for everything bad that happens. If you’re comfortable in doing so, then you should also praise Him when good things take place in your life. Don’t make Him out to be an evil and vengeful entity. He is always there for us, all we need to do is embrace Him and accept our lives for what it is and strive to make it better if need be. In the end, we are the ones living it, might as well make the best out of it.