BLAME

According the Webster, blame is: to hold (someone or something) at fault. To find fault with: censure. Responsibility for a fault or error...

According to Dibs, blame is: finger-pointing, and shirking of personal responsibility.

Since Katrina, a category 5 hurricane, hit Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama with full force, there has been plenty of blame to go around. Fingers are being pointed in every direction possible. I guarantee that no one, absolutely no one, is going to stand in front of a news camera and say: "I messed up, it's my fault." And why should they? How can blame be directed toward one person for something of this magnitude, or for even events on a smaller scale? Case in point, let's look at the first couple. No, not George and Barbara, but Adam and Eve. After eating of the tree that God has specifically commanded them not to eat from, they were confronted by God.
God to Adam: "Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?"
Adam: "The woman YOU (caps mine) put here with me - she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate."
God to Eve: "What is this you have done?"
Eve: The serpent deceived me, and I ate."

So who's to blame in this scenario from the book of Genesis?
1. Is it God, because He gave Eve to Adam?
2. Is it the woman, because she started it all?
3. Is it man because he wasn't strong enough to say: "No thank-you"
or is it...
4. The tree, for producing the fruit in the first place?

As you watch the news media in the days ahead, listen to how they phrase their questions and lead their interviewee. Watch the politicians - all of them - point to everyone and every place except themselves...all the while exploiting those who are hurt by this tragedy, for political gain.

So who's to blame for what has happened as a result of Katrina's fury?
Better yet, does it really matter right now? Wouldn't it make far more sense to direct our efforts toward the relief of the pain, grief, loss, and confusion of the victims?

Who's to blame when your marriage is beginning to really suck? Who's to blame when your poor financial choices have buried you in debt beyond your eyeballs? Who's to blame when you don't believe God really cares, or if He seems distant?

Plenty to go around,
DOM