Excuses

Excuses are like belly buttons, everybody has one.

But now I am seeing an epidemic of excuses.

We seem to grab at whatever we can to excuse our behavior.

Churches use the economy to excuse down giving and not face the reality of spiritual bankruptcy.

Business use the bad economy to excuse poor results and not face the reality of bad decisions and mismanagement.

Husbands use not having their needs taken care of as an excuse to leave their families and don't face the reality that they are selfish.

Politicians use I forgot to excuse not paying taxes and don't face the fact that they should be held to a higher standard than the rest of us as custodians of the public trust.

All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. It is time that we face up to that and admit that we are less than perfect. The sooner we do that the sooner we will quit making excuses.

If we admit that we screwed up and are ready to take the consequences for our actions, it takes the wind out of those who accuse us.