Passing blame

This morning I made my way out to take care of some things before I went to our missions meeting to pack up the clothes and shoes that we had donated to us. In my departure from the house, I was rushing, due to the fact that I was running late. I had several stops to make before I made my way out to a house that I had never been to before. I read the directions real quickly on my computer, then forwarded them to my Blackberry so I would find my way there.

So as I was getting closer to my destination, I began to read the email on how to get there. While I was doing just that, I passed the road that I was suppose to take. When I had realized that, I began to look for a place to turn around at. There were none in site. My frustrations were beginning to increase the further I continued to drive from my destination. I finally found a road to turn around and again there was no place there for the road was narrow and it was heading up hill.

So I continued to look for a place to just turn around, my frustration got the best of me. I begin to think, why did we have to have our meeting all the way out here? Why on earth did the state not put in more places to turn around? Then I found a driveway I could turn around in. As I began to make my way back down the hill I took a moment to repent of my attitude and to read the whole email before I ventured back out on the road so I would know where I was going.

After I had read the directions completely and pulled out with the destination of exactly where I was going to go instead of trying to read them while I was driving, it made life so much easier, and I got there with no problems after I had taken the time to read the directions.

So while I was being frustrated, I was blaming everyone else and everything else instead of blaming myself for not taking the time to read the directions before leaving. This reminded me of how we hear from God about a destination, and we take off without hearing all of what God wants us to know. Then we get into some trouble or we get lost along the way, or get caught up somehow and we begin to blame God, others around us or the situation that we are in, when all along it is us to blame, because we never took the time to spend with our Father to hear what all He wants us to know before we start out on our adventure with Him.