Spiritual Realism: Do Something

"We are assiduous blamers of others for whatever goes wrong. In our marriages, families, churches, careers, and so on... Romantic complacency and resourcefulness in acting the injured innocent are among the most Spirit-quenching traits imaginable, since both become excuses for doing nothing in situations where realism requires that we do something and do it a as a matter of urgency. Both states stifle conviction of sin in the unconverted and keep Christians in a thoroughly bad state of spiritual health."
-- J. I. Packer