Excuses

  [483 words] Man has made excuses for his behavior and actions almost since the beginning of man’s history. In the Garden of Eden, the devil tempted Eve to sin and eat the forbidden fruit. She in turn enticed her mate to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. When God asked Adam if he had eaten of the tree, he excused his behavior by saying, “The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate” (Gen 3:12). When God asked Eve, “What is this you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate” (Gen 3:13). And so it began, the human predisposition to make excuses for their behavior. This attitude of making excuses has continued throughout human history. Moses was afraid to be a leader of God’s people and so he claimed he…