"Put away the pointing of the finger!" or, as Isaiah 58:9, ESV says it: "... If you take away the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness." When I was a child, psychiatry was really into the blame game, there were no bad children, only bad parents. Every one of our problems was conveniently someone else's fault! When there is estrangement in a relationship it is not our place to condemn the other party as being the recipient of the blame and to pinpoint blame on them. In our relationship with God, on the other hand, our estrangement is completely our fault, we are the ones who moved and disobeyed God--He stayed the same and didn't move.
We have multiple personal relationships that are complicated and involve more than any one person could get a grip on and manipulate. Both parties are to blame for any domestic dispute, brotherly rivalry, family feud, or even unfriendly business competition or venture. When you blame someone and point the finger, three fingers are pointing back at you. You are saying that you are a victim and totally innocent and had nothing to do with instigating the misunderstanding and breach of relationship or alienation of affection, and you are alone in the position of holiness and innocence whereby you can impartially judge the motives of the other person involved in the misunderstanding (for most disagreements are simply a failure to communicate).
God alone is objective and impartial and able to make a judgment of culpability. We are responsible for starting something that spiraled out of control and all the consequences, forgiven or not. Unless you are perfect, you share the blame and there is plenty to go around. There is a good reason not to get involved in a domestic because they are so complicated and not so readily resolved, as to blame--both deserve their fair share of culpability. When you are in the habit of blaming people for problems it shows a lack of responsibility and insight into the real nature of the issues, people, and problems.
An example of politicos playing the blame game is saying that things have gotten worse under Obama, a Democrat, and this is a reason to put Republicans in charge; the truth is that every bill proposed by the president has gotten nowhere in a gridlocked Congress, held captive by Republicans, who have stymied him from Day One, and have made it their mission statement to obstruct and discredit him and his legacy. There is always another side to the story that they don't want you to know and are merely putting a spin on the news. Soli Deo Gloria!
We have multiple personal relationships that are complicated and involve more than any one person could get a grip on and manipulate. Both parties are to blame for any domestic dispute, brotherly rivalry, family feud, or even unfriendly business competition or venture. When you blame someone and point the finger, three fingers are pointing back at you. You are saying that you are a victim and totally innocent and had nothing to do with instigating the misunderstanding and breach of relationship or alienation of affection, and you are alone in the position of holiness and innocence whereby you can impartially judge the motives of the other person involved in the misunderstanding (for most disagreements are simply a failure to communicate).
God alone is objective and impartial and able to make a judgment of culpability. We are responsible for starting something that spiraled out of control and all the consequences, forgiven or not. Unless you are perfect, you share the blame and there is plenty to go around. There is a good reason not to get involved in a domestic because they are so complicated and not so readily resolved, as to blame--both deserve their fair share of culpability. When you are in the habit of blaming people for problems it shows a lack of responsibility and insight into the real nature of the issues, people, and problems.
An example of politicos playing the blame game is saying that things have gotten worse under Obama, a Democrat, and this is a reason to put Republicans in charge; the truth is that every bill proposed by the president has gotten nowhere in a gridlocked Congress, held captive by Republicans, who have stymied him from Day One, and have made it their mission statement to obstruct and discredit him and his legacy. There is always another side to the story that they don't want you to know and are merely putting a spin on the news. Soli Deo Gloria!