According to dictionary.com this is not a word, but it’s a word that came to mind when I was thinking about how I sometimes try to place blame somewhere other than on myself. Sometimes without realizing it or wanting to admit it and I believe I’m not the only one who’s done this, right?
Here are a few examples – “The man said, “The woman you put here with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.” Genesis 3:12 or “The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.” Genesis 3:13 so you see, it’s been happening since, well, since the beginning of time. I also seem to recall a TV show where the person said “the devil made me do it”.
It’s tough taking the blame, especially for something we feel is someone else’s fault – oops there I go, placing the blame. It’s a time I have to accept the fact I made a wrong decision, I turned down the wrong path or I basically wanted to do what I wanted to do. Yes circumstances can affect our decisions but if we rely on outside sources to determine our actions we’d all, I believe, be in a world of hurt…both here in this time and once we reach Judgement Day.
That icky feeling in the pit of my stomach is the Holy Spirit’s way of telling me I may have taken the wrong turn in life and now I have to live with the circumstances, but what a God I serve, who loves me…wrong decisions and all. What love He shows by allowing us free-will to make our choices. It reminds me of being a parent, we pray our children will make the right decision and we must allow them as they grow up to take responsibility for those decisions even when it may be the wrong one.
My days of making wrong decisons are not over by far, but I pray I won’t suffer from adamology and my repentence will come quickly.
“…what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” (Micah 6:8)