What does a bagel, or even
broken teeth, for that matter, have to do with
losing the care, comfort, consortium and society
of a spouse? Frankly, I don’t have a clue, but
John and Cecelia O'Hare filed suit against a
McDonald’s restaurant claiming that a bagel
broke John’s teeth and damaged their marriage.
“They alleged the McDonald's, owned by Johnstone
Foods Inc., was negligent and violated an
‘implied warranty that the food sold was
reasonably fit for human consumption.’” Further,
“the suit alleges the wife `’lost the care,
comfort, consortium and society of her
husband.’”
I don’t know the details of
this lawsuit or of this couple’s marriage, but
it appears to be yet another example of a people
in a sue-happy subculture that is quick to blame
others for their own problems. Whatever happened
to "for better or worse?" The problems in the
O'Hare marriage seem do have less to do with
bagels or broken teeth and more to do with
shifting blame and avoiding responsibility.
Blaming others for my own
problems may alleviate my feelings of guilt, but
it does nothing to help me overcome those
problems. That can only be done when I face my
sins head on, and confess them.
1
John 1:8-10 (NIV) "If we claim to be
without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth
is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is
faithful and just and will forgive us our sins
and purify us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we
claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be
a liar and his word has no place in our lives."
BLAMING
In Caring Enough to Confront,
David Augsberger writes, “Nothing ends blaming
games like the recognition that the blame, if
properly scored, is most often 50-50.”
- Caring Enough to Confront,
Kindle Loc. 1213 Illustration by Jim L. Wilson
Luke 6:37 (CEV) “Jesus
said: Don't judge others, and God won't
judge you. Don't be hard on others, and God
won't be hard on you. Forgive others, and God
will forgive you.”
BLAME
James Kelly is serving a
10-year sentence for using his own ID to steal
from another Verizon customer with the same name
as his. He is seeking $72 million in damages
from Verizon because they didn’t prevent the
theft.
In the garden Adam blamed God
for giving him Eve, Eve blamed the serpent.
James Kelly learned well. —Jim L. Wilson and
Rodger Russell.
The Week, January 20, 2017,
p. 6
Genesis 3:11–13 (HCSB)“Then
He asked, ‘Who told you that you were naked? Did
you eat from the tree that I commanded you not
to eat from?’ 12 Then the man
replied, ‘The woman You gave to be with me—she
gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate.’ 13
So the Lord
God asked the woman, ‘What is this you have
done?’ And the woman said, ‘It was the serpent.
He deceived me, and I ate.’
BLAME
After the summit with
President Trump failed to produce an agreement,
North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un blamed four of
his top officials. It’s not good to be blamed
for failure in North Korea. The North Korean
leader had the officials executed. According to
reports, the Dear Leader also demoted his
right-hand man and his sister. –Jim L. Wilson
and Rodger Russell.
The Week, May 3, 2019
A lot of times when something
doesn’t go the way we expect we try to find
someone else to blame. We don’t want to admit
the fault may lie with us.
Romans 2:1 (CSB) Therefore,
every one of you who judges is without excuse.
For when you judge another, you condemn
yourself, since you, the judge, do the same
things.
BLAME
In his book, Bezonomics:
How
Amazon Is Changing Our Lives and What the
World's Best Companies Are
Learning from It, Brian Dumaine writes,
“In 2017, a six-year-old Dallas
girl was talking to Alexa about cookies and
dollhouses, and a few days later
four pounds of cookies and a $160 dollhouse
were delivered to her family’s
door. Amazon simply said that the parents
should’ve known that Alexa has
parental controls that would’ve quashed the
girl’s order.”
--Bezonomics, 120.
Genesis 3:12 (CSB)
“The man replied, ‘The
woman you gave to be with me—she gave me some
fruit from the tree, and I ate.’”
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