Getting What's Yours

I don’t know about you, but I’m getting a little tired of seeing all these commercials that tell everybody that they’re entitled to all this money if they used this acne cream or worked in this plant. Are you kidding me? If I actively pursued a way to make my face look better, and it backfired…who’s fault is it? If I decided to work in a plant where I knew that harsh chemicals were used and stored, and I wound up sick…who’s fault is that? I decided to work there…

Whatever happened to taking responsibility for the choices made in this life? I’m the son of a farmer. I’ve handled chemical after chemical over the years. Whether it be pesticides, herbicides, insecticides…you name it, and I’ve probably had some of it on my hands at some point. The old saying still rings as true today as when it was coined: You make your bed…you sleep in it too. I know that handling those chemicals with the skull and crossbones on the container is dangerous! I know that getting that toxic mess on me is bad! That’s why it has skull and crossbones on it! “You mean if I work with chemicals that have skull and crossbones on it that I may get sick?” YES! But it’s MY CHOICE whether to pick it up or not! It’s was MY CHOICE, thus the consequences rest totally on MY SHOULDERS!

In no way am I downplaying the disease of mesothelioma, or the side effects of some acne drug…but take some responsibility for the decisions made, and let the Lord handle the rest (Romans 12:19)! You made your bed…now sleep in it.