I do not know about you, but I am sick and tired of hearing all of these excuses. My daughter whom I love dearly loves to make excuses. I have told her to stop with the excuses and accept the responsibility for your actions.
This was brought on by a female celebrity whom I heard make excuses for her son and others about being addicted to drugs. Her comment was sparked by another celebrity who made comments about drugs causing a death.
I got mad and turned off the TV. I normally do not listen to her speak because I cannot stand her, but this day I was sick and tired of hearing excuse after excuse. The TV was on as background noise, but frankly she irritated me so much that I would rather have had silence.
First off lets make this clear, unless you are one of the few rare people who was forced to take drugs or alcohol, you brought this upon yourself. If you are addicted to drugs or alcohol, take responsibility for your actions. If you are the loved one of someone addicted to drugs or alcohol, stop making excuses for them and make them take responsibility.
Sure people will say well it is a disease that you cannot control. What a bunch of crap. That is a way for the Psychologist and Psychiatrist to make money. Can you imagine how short the sessions would be if everyone were told to grow up and take responsibility for your actions? They would all last 15 minutes or less and these people would be broke. Instead they try to make excuses for your actions and drag out the sessions so they can justify their existence.
Do I have a contempt for those areas? I would not say contempt as much as I believe they are self serving groups who have almost no helpful suggestions until they know the time with you and the money is about to run out. I believe most of these people would drag it out for the rest of your lives if insurance would pay for it. Do not get me wrong, I am sure there are the rare exception that really wants people to get better in the shortest period of time possible and that they are not in it for the money.
Could you imagine how much shorter the sessions would be if the Psychologist and Psychiatrist introduced the spiritual aspect of your being. The sessions might be 5 minutes with the occasional deliverance last a lengthy period of time.
God has told us to take responsibility for our actions because we will be held accountable.
Romans 14:10-12 New International Version (NIV)
10 You, then, why do you judge your brother or sister? Or why do you treat them with contempt? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat. 11 It is written:
“‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord,
‘every knee will bow before me;
every tongue will acknowledge God.’”
12 So then, each of us will give an account of ourselves to God.
Each of us will have to give an account of ourselves to God. Think about that for a minute. It does not say it is ok, you were doing drugs and hurt people while on drugs therefore, you may enter heaven. It tells us to take responsibility for our actions because we will be held accountable.
I know I basically picked on those addicted to drugs or alcohol, but the excuse making and lack of responsibility we take for our lives is direct towards everyone.
- Did you cheat on your spouse and justify?
- Did you hit someone and justify?
- Did you steal and justify?
- Did you lie and justify?
- Did you make fun of someone and justify?
- Did you turn away from God and justify?
The list could go on and on, so think about your actions and ask yourself is this acceptable to God? If the answer is no, then suck it up, get rid of your pride, acknowledge you were wrong, and ask for forgiveness.