(October 28, 2015)
When we
make the determination that we want to be aggrieved, we can certainly find
evidence to support that. If we want to
sacrifice our moral agency and instead consider ourselves victims of our circumstances
(and, it seems to me, this most often comes as a mechanism for avoiding
accountability), then we can view the world in that twisted light.
Just as
Ammoron was able to point to all of his grievances (his brother’s death, Zoram
being ‘pressed’ into service), so too can we always find things to complain
about if that is what we choose to do.
We can always find things to show that we are the victims of
circumstances beyond our control, should we so desire that result. But doing this is ultimately far more
destructive on our souls than on the souls of others, and if we become victims
it is to ourselves.
pan>No amount (or lack) of proof will change
that.
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