NO BRAIN GAIN
by:
Moralez Valoo
Justin sat in the middle of his bed trying to figure out what was going on in his life. Strange things had been happening lately and he was getting the blame for them.
Candy was missing from the candy dish and everyone seemed to think he took them. Empty boxes which had held craskers sat on the kitchen cupboards and he had been told to throw away the empty boxes when he took the last item. Justin had started to leave the boxes there because he had not taken the last thing that was in them.
Justin wondered could there be such things as ghost or evil spirits doing these things to him. He had no idea why they would be doing such things to him cause he really hadn't been bad. He could not think of one good reason why anyone would want him to be in trouble for stuff he had not done.
One day his cousin Daisy came to visit. Justin told her about the strange things that were happening. He also told her that he had not been taking things or moving them. Justin said he was beginning to wonder if he was going crazy. Daisy didn't think so and they set out to prove it.
Justin and Daisy spent the next few days away from the home. Things still got moved and things gotten eaten. Justin was still blamed for this. Through careful elimination of possibilities Justin and Daisy found out who could be doing those things. They did not know why it was being done.
As you sit there and think about the pranks you pulled throughout most of your life ask yourself why you did them. Was it a tradition like April Fools Day and you were just having fun? Did you do things that got others into trouble and decline to take the responsibility for your actions?
The Bible tells us that we will all be held responsible for the things we do. God's Word teaches that we should be loving and kind to others and help them in their time of need. There is nowhere in the Bible that we are told to help others get in trouble for stuff they did not do. People have enough troubles in life without others intentionally adding to them. When we set other people up to take the blame for something we did it is like bearing false witness when we accuse them. We are denying the truth just as Peter did when he said he did not know Jesus. Peter did not want to admit to knowing about the miracles he had witnessee and he was afraid that he would be judged by Pilot. We are not denying that we know the person we are denying the truth of what that person did so that we will not be judged or found at fault.
Justin still gets blamed for some of the things that get moved and stuff that is eaten but he now does not think as much of it as he did before. Daisy helped him to understand that age has nothing to do with being an adult. See those who were playing the games and blaming Justin were already adults who never learned to take responsibility for what they did. They thought they were being smart by avoiding responsibility.
Avoiding responsibility gains a person nothing. Truth will always win out maybe not right away but at some time in the future. There will always be consequences for the wrong we do even if they are not immediate. For the adults playing the pranks on Justin it will very likely be a reality check in the future when they try the same thing on some other adult who finds a way to catch them and force them to take responsibility.
Avoiding consequences and responsibility does not make them go away. We learn from our mistakes and if we refuse to take responsibility for them then we will have "no brain gain" and in future "more reality pain".
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