There is a reason that unhealthy choices culminate in someone’s becoming a victim of a fractured relationship. Being perplexed when a relationship fails is acceptable but placing the blame entirely on others only delays what’s inescapable.
What this does is delay accountability that must be faced. The more inclined a person is to make excuses for failure, the greater the probability for repeating bad choices. The pathway to healing must be by way of true sorrow and accountability.
An attitude that reflects accountability for bad choices says, “I am to blame, and I will make amends instead of making excuses and blaming others.” Being accountable is the pathway to integrity and relationships that are healthy. So it’s okay to ask, “What did I do to cause this suffering and pain?” If this is an honest question, God will make answers available that will change your life.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart!
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Since
this is the kind of life we have chosen, the life of the Spirit, let us make
sure we do not just hold it as an idea in our heads or a sentiment in our
hearts, but work out its implications in every detail of our lives. That means
we will not compare ourselves with each other as if one of us were better and another worse.
~Galatians
5:25-26 The Message
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