The Freditorialist

Well, it's been over seven years since I've written a post so I'm long overdue... I've been thinking a lot lately of something that I've seen happening in our society that really is disturbing and that is this: Everyone has problems and issues in life and that fact reminds me of the words of Scripture as recorded in the book of Job: "...as sparks fly upward man is born unto trouble..." Yes, "troubles" are everywhere but what happens so often is a person's tendency to blame their problems on some external forces rather than taking personal responsibility for any consequences of their attitude and actions or inactions. Primarily however the blame is often placed on the person's parents and their upbringing. Christians often fall into this same trap also as is anyone who is aware of the fact that much of our lives are shaped by those first few years of life.  In the Biblical passage which contains the 10 commandments (Exodus 20) we...