LET'S DE-STRESS FROM BLAME

                  "Then Sarai said to Abram, 'My wrong be upon you . . . '"

~ Genesis 16:5a

As shocking as it sounds, people, of all ages and from all walks of life, constantly ping-pong accusations over who did what to whom.

  

We expend so much energy pointing fingers and pronouncing blame on others until we seldom realize how we're piling stress on ourselves. 

In Genesis Chapter 16, we witness Abraham (Abram) and Sarah(Sarai) in the middle of a stressful situation.  Since she couldn't bear children, Sarah told Abraham to take her maid and have children with her. So Abraham slept with Hagar, the maid, and she conceived his child.   

After Hagar got pregnant, she despised Sarah. And Sarah blamed Abraham . . . And Abraham, likewise, blamed Sarah. Then when Sarah mistreated Hagar, the maid ran away. STRESS . . . STRESS . . . STRESS!

Honestly, for all of that stress and confusion, who's to blame? In Abraham and Sarah's situation, as in so many of our own, what difference will shifting the blame make? What will it possibly change when it's decided who's to blame? 

Stress survivors readily admit that playing the blame game can tremendously stress us and cause our lives to be total disasters. And, in the end, it isn't worth the endless arguments and stresses we suffer.  

Let's De-Stress from blame by channeling our energies toward peaceful affairs; by clinging to God's Word; and by making certain WE ARE NOT TO BLAME. 

Peace I leave with you . . .

"Devoted to relieving stress using principles based on God's Word."