Whose fault was it??

Have you ever heard the term “passing the buck”? To “pass the buck” means to put the blame on somebody else. I am guilty as charged. A few days ago I was sitting in drama class next to my two guy friends who were quietly chatting. This had been going on for a few minutes when I finally turned to quietly argue with one of them about how they should be paying attention. Of course, at that exact moment, the teacher turned and announced to the two of us, “No side conversations. We don’t have time for that and you need to be paying attention.” I’m sure my friend was silently smirking. It was all I could do not to cause a scene and yell “Hey now, he’s the one who wouldn’t shut up!” But I realize now that it was my own fault for opening my mouth to razz him about being quiet… do I smell a little hypocrisy in my own self? Because really, you could pass the buck forever. There is always someone to blame. I’m messed up because my parents were messed up because their parents were messed up… AGG! Where does it stop?? It stops at Adam and Eve. Yep. Those dork-brains who screwed up the world. Irritating as it is, that’s where all the sin and sickness really started. When did the love of God become not enough for them? Really, food was more important than relationships? Talk about a rotten apple. For those of you who are totally lost, this is how it went down. God made Adam and Eve in His image. Everything was great until they disobeyed God (idiots). And then as soon as God enters the garden, the blame game begins. But here’s the thing- we can’t blame ALL our sin on those two (but we can blame some of it :) We have the gift of free will, which is why Adam and Eve sinned in the first place. It is utterly ridiculous for me to blame my talking in class on my friend or anyone else. It was my mouth, and I chose to open it during class to talk about something completely irrelevant. So where does buck stop? Who’s supposed to take the blame for humanity’s sin? As crazy as this sounds, God did. If you’re anything like me, it seems unfair. Why not make Adam and Eve pay for the sins? Because God is love, that’s why. His heart is so merciful that He wants us to be in union with Him again, even though we are idiots sometimes (like when we eat apples we aren’t supposed to). God chose an alternate route than to send us all to eternal punishment. But He established a community of followers first.