Christian Reflection and Prayer

Scripture:

“The man said, ‘The woman you put here with me
 – she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.’
Then the LORD God said to the woman, ‘What is
this you have done?’ The woman said, ‘The serpent
deceived me, and I ate.’” — Genesis 3:12–13

Reflection:

And we’ve been blaming each other – or something
– ever since.

Here’s the thing: while it may seem to be in our
best interest to blame someone else for our
mistakes, the truth is that we are only hurting
ourselves. If we never admit that we are wrong,
how can we ever learn to be right? We can deny
our failures and continue in our self-defeating
behaviors, or we can acknowledge our misdeeds,
change, and become better human beings. We
know which way God prefers!

With prayers for shalom, peace,
Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein