An excuse is a skin of a reason stuffed with a lie. ~Billy Sunday
But… . ~an introduction
We’ve become a myriad of excuses. We need to be a world of actions! But, no, it’s easier to make excuses than to follow through on what we’ve committed to. I am as guilty of it as you. For my mornings, the graphic for this article says it all. Seriously, I don’t want coffee in the morning: I NEED coffee!
“But…!” ummmmmm. Right.
But we never did it that way before.
But I was too tired.
But my support staff did not arrive in time.
But I ran out of time.
But I wanted it.
But honey… .
But God… . [Lot’s more on this.]
But, But, BUT! Sometimes I feel like we’ve left off a “t.”
We’ve become so good at making excuses that we should all have a Masters Degree in the Arts for our accomplishments.
This series will shift radically from the problems we face with communicating with our own culture, let alone to another one, and turn our attention to a unilateral human problem— making excuses. First, we’ll look at a series of people who DID NOT make excuses. Then, we’ll study the psychology of WHY we make excuses. Finally, we’ll examine some of the excuses we make and WHY we make them.
So if you’re one who never makes excuses, you can skip this series and wait for the next one on lies we tell ourselves…, & God.
BUT, preliminarily, let’s define our terms.
An excuse, def. transitive verb
1a: to make apology for
b: to try to remove blame from
[Mirriam-Webster Dictionary]
So, how’s your excuse-quotient these days? Up to snuff? Most of us are so good at making excuses we are not even aware we are doing it. Tune in next time for some discouraging examples of people who pushed through!
NEXT— “But... people who offered no excuse.”
No buts…,
Gary
Clueless Christianity 