Justify Yourself to Hell?

The phrase, "You can justify yourself all the way to hell" has been around for a long, long time, and once upon a time, I thought it was a bit harsh. But not anymore. In fact, I think that phrase holds a perfect truth.

Each time we justify a poor choice, blame others for circumstances that we've brought upon ourselves, or justify an evil by seeking out a supposed good within it, we are slowly building a road that none of us should ever want to travel, a road we should - with everything in us - fight to avoid at all cost. It only takes one step on that path, and then another, and another. Pretty soon we will find ourselves in a miserable abyss, and none of us are there alone.
May we all overcome the weakness of self-justification and rise above it, making ourselves willing vessels wherein God can perform His wonders, and the Savior can fill us with His healing and cleansing love.