Elijah:: Breaking the Blame Game

Have you had something go wrong this past week? When something you thought would happen fails to happen we usually have 1 of 2 responses. 

1) Wallowing Sadness. I have been known to throw myself a pretty fierce pity parade. I get down when something goes wrong and don't want to talk, think or act on it in any way. I bemoan my own failures and the failures of others with similar gusto and live in a place that necessitates salty snack foods and Netflix. 

2) Misdirected Anger. This is when whatever has gone wrong is the fault of everyone and everything else except for me. 
Burned dinner? Oven's fault. 
Late for a meeting? Traffic's fault. 
Can't sleep? My pillow's fault. 

In this message we continue looking at the life of Elijah and how he held a mirror up for the Israelite people to see things that they didn't want to see. We'll wrestle with how we respond when things don't go our way. 

My hope is that we can all walk away contemplating who God is in the midst things going wrong and choosing something different than cycles of misdirected anger or wallowing sadness.