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Choices

In life, there are so many choices...Where to live, where to attend church, what to eat, what to buy. The list could go on and on and on. The same holds true in your walk with the Lord Most High.

You can climb higher heights and reach deeper depths. You can choose to remain in the infant stage never really growing or progressing. Some people even choose just the mediocre. Not too high because that's more responsibility. Not too low because they are afraid of what people might say, but the middle is just right for them. (Or so they think!)

There is no middle of the road or riding the fence, though. The Bible tells us He will spew from his mouth those that are lukewarm. It is better to be all in or all out. Joshua 24:15 states, "...choose you this day whom you will serve..."

So, you've chosen to walk with the Lord. You've chosen to keep His commandments and you know you will one day join the Heavenly Hosts in singing, "Hosana to the King!" But, what about this life? What about the journey here?

The book of Proverbs is your basic outline for a prosperous, healthy, happy lifestyle. There is advice on just about any subject you can think of. The book of wisdom covers topics from consuming alcohol to borrowing money to raising your children. We can choose the easy way or the hard way. Proverbs 1:33 tells us, "But whoso hearkens to me [Wisdom] shall dwell securely and in confident trust and shall be quiet, without fear or dread of evil." You can choose peace or fear. You can choose stress or you can "cast all your cares on Him for He cares for you!" You can choose forgiveness or you can choose bitterness and hatred.

Jesus came to bring life and with that life came free will. The choice is ours. I choose love. I choose forgiveness. I choose purity of heart. I choose no other gods before Him! I choose LIFE!



Provers 1:20-22
"Wisdom cries aloud in the street, she raises her voice in the markets; She cries at the head of the noisy intersections [in the chief gathering places]; at the entrance of the city gates she speaks: How long, O simple ones [open to evil], will you love being simple?"

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