“When the inevitable becomes the unavoidable, it is not unusual for us to start pointing our fingers at God.”

A thought by Andy Stanley (2009-03-31) in his book, The Principle of the Path: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be (p. 43). Thomas Nelson. Kindle Edition.

This is so true.

…We own a car. We never change the oil; we never maintain it as the manual tells us to and then blame God when it breaks down.

…We forget to put gas in the car and then blame God when we run out of gas in the middle of nowhere.

…We never pay our bills and then blame God when the collection agency starts calling.

…We spend all the money we make, we have a bigger house than we can afford, we have our credit cards to the limit, we have no savings, and then blame God when our company doesn’t give bonuses this year and we have already spent it.

…We work all the time, we’re never at home and when we are we’re always in a bad mood and then blame God when our mate asks for a divorce.

…We never take care of ourselves physically or emotionally. We eat the wrong things, we never sleep, and we live under a heavy load of stress and then blame God when our health deteriorates.

…We are always in a bad mood and then blame God because we don’t have any friends.

…We never follow through on our promises to our kids and then blame God when they don’t listen to us.

…We gripe about what the preacher preaches and criticize the people in the church and then blame God because our kids don’t want to go.

…We fight all the time with our mate and always nag and yell at our kids and then blame God when our kids never want to be at home.

…We hate our job, we always call in sick, we are always late for work, we are a slacker, and then blame God when we lose our job.

Do you ever blame God?

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