1The Lord said to Aaron, “You, your sons and your father’s family are to bear the responsibility for offenses against the sanctuary, and you and your sons alone are to bear the responsibility for offenses against the priesthood.
Responsibility is a powerful thing. We all bear responsibility for different things in life. We bear the responsibility for our own actions and the consequences of those actions. If we are in a family, which we all are, we bear responsibility for our position in the family, whether it is that of a parent or that of a child. If we work, we have responsibilities. We are responsible for the other’s impressions of Christ that they see in us. We must do the right thing, no matter where we are, or what position we occupy. We bear the responsibility. We will have to give an account for our actions. Some of those times of accounting happen during this life. Some will take place in eternity. But we live in a culture that works hard to avoid personal responsibility. We are quick to point the finger at someone else instead of stepping up and bearing the burden ourselves. We want to spread the burden of the responsibility out over everyone instead of allowing the few to bear the burden. Think about the housing mortgage collapse. The government changed the rules to allow people with no ability to pay get mortgages for houses they could not afford. Then when they couldn’t pay everyone wants to blame the banks for making the loans, or the rich for not paying enough in taxes, or Wall Street for trying to be Capitalists. Why don’t we try to take responsibility for our own actions today.
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