Blame It on the Devil

 

 

 

We like to blame the devil

For every conceivable wrong

As though he always determines

When we are weak or strong.

 

I don’t only mean sinners

But I mean the Christians too,

They popularize the Devil

By the things they do.

 

Like a particular village dog

Renown for stealing eggs,

Every time an egg was missing

For its life it had to beg.

 

There were other dogs around

No doubt that liked eggs too

But this particular thieving dog

Was the only one they knew.

 

 

The devil made me do it

Was a line in a popular TV show,

Blame it on the devil!

Since he is everybody’s foe.

 

It is now very convenient

Every time we do some evil,

“I am not responsible,” they say.

Blame it on the devil!

 

Preachers, priests and Popes

Politicians, Parliamentarians and PM’s,

Even the police in their blame

Say the devil is the problem.

 

School children gone crazy

Blame it on the devil!

And adults becoming sleazy

Blame it on the devil!

 

The church has lost its way

Blame it on the devil!

We changed the meaning of gay

Blame it on the devil!

 

Everybody is a pretender

 Blame it on the devil!

Some don’t even know their gender

Blame it on the devil!

 

Murders on the increase

Blame it on the devil!

And crime just would not cease

Blame it on the devil!

 

For every evil thing we do

Blame it on the devil!

That means me and you too

Blame it on the devil!

 

After all he is D EVIL

He is doing what he does best,

While four-fifths of his name is evil

He is responsible for the whole mess.

 

Blame it on the devil

We adamantly insist

But renege on the biblical injunction

Which is, “to resist”.

 

Resist the devil and he shall flee

Draw nigh to God and He will draw nigh to you,

In every temptation God will make a way

Blame it on the devil is a cop-out view.

 

Stewart Russell © October 2019