{"id":625,"date":"2008-12-20T20:15:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-21T03:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.195.124.95\/~redletu4\/keep-your-eyes-on-your-own-paper\/"},"modified":"2008-12-20T20:15:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-21T03:15:00","slug":"keep-your-eyes-on-your-own-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/keep-your-eyes-on-your-own-paper\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep your eyes on your own paper"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Blame the President. Blame Congress. Blame the oil companies. Blame the banks. Blame the rich. Blame the Democrats. Blame the Republicans. Blame Wall Street. Blame Hollywood.<\/p>\n

And this national blame game spills over into our personal lives. We blame coworkers for not producing. We blame spouses for not communicating. We blame the other guy for causing the accident.<\/p>\n

Rarely do we hear the words, \u201cBlame me.\u201d
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There\u2019s a tendency to look at everyone else\u2019s work and find fault.<\/p>\n

We shared a High School English teacher who was at the same time an unforgiving task-master and a skilled motivator. She often would admonish us while we took our exams to \u201ckeep our eyes on our own paper.\u201d
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We\u2019re not sure if it\u2019s because she was worried about us cheating or if it was just an effort to get us to focus on our own work. Probably a little of both.<\/p>\n

There was one classmate who spent nearly half his class time with his chin lifted high so he could sneak a peek from the desk of the Class Whiz\u2019s paper (<\/span>and no, neither of us had this title.)
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What\u2019s the point? God wants us to focus our energy on what\u2019s in front of us and to not worry about others. Personal responsibility is a foundational principle to our nation and a key to living a well-rounded life.<\/p>\n

What do you think about personal responsibility? Comment below.
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\u201cSo whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.\u201d<\/span><\/em>
James 4:17<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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