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The Blame Game

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  Little Things, Part 5   Introduction Siblings always will try to blame the other for something that went wrong, especially if something gets broken in the process. They may be the one who broke it, but will blame the brother or sister because they were distracted. In my own household, it was always the older blaming the younger for things that go wrong. But what happens when they try to blame a parent? Don’t think it could happen? It is our “little thing” for this article.   In the Garden In the first three chapters of Genesis, we see the creation of the world and, specifically in chapter 2, the creation of man and woman. God put man in the garden to tend to it and in verses 2:16-17 He said, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; "but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.” This is very straight-forward; dozens of trees to eat from; leave the one alone. To me, thi...