In Blame, Follow Him

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love.  Ephesians 1:3-4

In the New King James Version of the Bible it can be difficult to pull a shorter sentence out of one of Paul's mega-sentences. Now, was it the apostle or the translators who are to blame for this? Ah yes, blame, that giving of credit to the one who hurt us in hopes of inspiring guilt or shame. How well does that go with forgiveness? It seems that in blame we ought to follow our Lord Jesus, just as we do with forgiveness. If we would rather not be dumped into the vat of shame and guilt by way of blame, then perhaps we should not seek to apply the blame to others. And if we do not  have to worry about who to blame, then we can do as Paul wrote in another place and rejoice in the Lord always.

Rejoicing in the Lord today!

Bucky