ONCE AGAIN, I SIT DOWN TO WRITE ABOUT SOMETHING WE ALL HAVE IN COMMON. WE ALL ARE FORCED TO MAKE CHOICES DAILY. SOME BIG, SOME SMALL, SOME DIFFICULT, SOME SIMPLE. OUR CHOICES VARY IN LEVELS OF IMPORTANCE. WE HAVE ALL MADE THE OCCASIONAL BAD CHOICE OR WRONG DECISION.....SOME OF US MORE THAN OTHERS!!!!
YOU ARE LOOKING AT WHAT WAS ONCE THE QUEEN OF BAD CHOICES. NO MATTER WHAT I DID, NO MATTER WHERE I WENT, WHO I WAS WITH OR WHAT WAS GOING ON, IF THERE WAS A BAD CHOICE TO BE MADE, I MADE IT. I SUFFERED THE CONSEQUENCES OF MY CHOICES AND BELIEVE ME, I PAID DEARLY. I WAS ONCE VERY ASHAMED OF MY CHOICES. I SAW MYSELF AS A FAILURE. MY CHOICES LED ME STRAIGHT DOWN A PATH OF DESTRUCTION, ANGER, FEAR AND DEPRESSION. I BELIEVED THE LIES OF THE DEVIL AND HE HAD ME RIGHT WHERE HE WANTED ME. I WONT GO INTO DETAILS, THOSE ARE NOT IMPORTANT. THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW ME ARE AWARE AND I DONT HAVE TO SAY A WORD. THANK GOD FOR HIS MERCY, FOR HIS SAVING GRACE.
THE CONCEPT OF CHOICES STARTED WITH ADAM AND EVE. THEY MADE THE CHOICE TO EAT OF THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT AND WERE BANNED FROM THE GARDEN OF EDEN. CAIN MADE THE CHOICE TO KILL HIS BROTHER AND WAS EXILED TO BECOME A WANDERER. NOAH CHOSE TO BUILD THE ARK EVEN THOUGH EVERYONE THOUGHT HE WAS CRAZY. GOD CONSIDERED HIMN RIGHTEOUS. NOAH'S ACTIONS SAVED MANKIND. ABRAHAM NEARLY SACRIFICED THE SON, WHO MEANT EVERYTHING TO HIM, WAS STOPPED BY THE VOICE OF GOD AND THEN RECEIVED PROMISES, PROMISES, PROMISES!!! MOSES ALSO CHOSE TO OBEY GOD AND BECAME LEADER OF A GREAT NATION. YOUNG, INNOCENT, SWEET MARY CHOSE TO BE USED BY GOD AND SHE GAVE BIRTH TO JESUS, WHO BECAME OUR LIVING SACRIFICE!!!!!! JUDAS CHOSE TO BETRAY OUR LIVING SACRIFICE FOR A FEW COINS AND WENT ON TO COMMIT SUICIDE. AND WE GOTTA LOVE SAUL, WHO WAS STRUCK DOWN ON THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS WHILE ON A MISSION TO PERSECUTE, TORTURE AND KILL CHRISTIANS. HE MADE THE CHOICE TO OBEY GOD AND BECAME THE APOSTLE PAUL, WHO WROTE OVER HALF OF THE NEW TESTAMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THE CHANGE IN PAUL WAS SUDDEN, IMMEDIATE AND DRAMATIC. THROUGH GOD, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE, BUT FOR ME, THE CHANGE DIDNT TAKE PLACE OVER NIGHT. IN FACT, I STILL BATTLE SELF WILL AT TIMES. I ALWAYS WILL! THATS WHERE THE GRACE OF GOD STEPS IN. IT IS THROUGH HIM THAT WE ALL MOVE FORWARD. LITTLE BY LITTLE, DAY BY DAY. THE GRACE OF GOD WILL NOT LEAD YOU WRONG. BY MAKING THE CHOICE TO STAND FIRM AND TO LISTEN FOR THAT STILL SMALL VOICE WE CAN ALL LOOK FORWARD TO A GLORIOUS FUTURE IN HEAVEN.
2 CORINTHIANS 5:17 THEREFORE, IF ANYONE IS IN CHRIST, HE IS A NEW CREATION; OLD THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY; BEHOLD ALL THINGS HAVE BECOME NEW..............................................A CHOICE
PSALM 37:3-5 TRUST IN THE LORD, AND DO GOOD; DWELL IN THE LORD, AND FEED ON HIS FAITHFULNESS. DELIGHT YOURSELF ALSO IN THE LORD AND HE SHALL GIVE YOU THE DESIRES OF YOUR HEART. COMMIT YOUR WAY TO THE LORD, TRUST ALSO IN HIM, AND HE SHALL BRING IT TO PASS...........................A CHOICE
MATTHEW 6:33 BUT SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND ALL THESE THINGS SHALL BE ADDED TO YOU.........................A CHOICE
PROVERBS 4:27 DO NOT TURN TO THE RIGHT OR THE LEFT. REMOVE YOUR FOOT FROM EVIL......................A CHOICE
MATTHEW 6:24 NO ONE CAN SERVE TWO MASTERS, FOR EITHER HE WILL HATE THE ONE AND LOVE THE OTHER, OR ELSE BE LOYAL TO THE ONE AND DESPISE THE OTHER. YOU CANNOT SERVE BOTH GOD AND MAN......................A CHOICE
LUKE 11:23 HE WHO IS NOT WITH ME IS AGAINST ME, AND HE DOES NOT GATHER WITH ME SCATTERS......................A CHOICE
GALATIANS 5:1 STAND STRONG THEREFORE, IN THE LIBERTY BY WHICH CHRIST HAS MADE US FREE, AND DO NOT BE ENTANGLED AGAIN WITH A YOKE OF BONDAGE..........................A CHOICE
EACH DAY, ALL DAY LONG, WE ARE FORCED TO MAKE CHOICES. EACH HOUR WE LIVE IS A GIFT. NONE OF US ARE PROMISED TOMORROW. CHOOSE LIFE. CHOOSE LOVE. CHOOSE GOD. I CAN PROMISE YOU IT WILL BE THE BEST CHOICE YOU EVER MAKE!!!!!
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