The Choice is Yours

So, You awoke to a new day; drew in a breath and opened your eyes to a fresh day filled with fresh mercies God has given; and right off, without even realizing, you began to choose how you will look at this new day. Because ultimately, the choice is yours! So you choose to get out of bed-or-maybe you just choose to lie there a little bit longer; the choice is entirely yours. Knowing you have somewhere to be at a certain time, the choice is still yours if you keep that appointment or not. It looks like it may rain today so do I go prepared, or do I just chance it?; the choice is yours. Passing others along your way, someone cuts you off and someone is driving crazy-hopefully it's not you, lol- so do you react with positive thoughts or negative thoughts? the choice is yours; it's up to you. You reach your destination and encounter someone having a 'bad day', so you speak positive words or negative words; the choice is yours....... or is it? 

Choices come in every thing we do throughout our day; from the smallest choice of what to eat, to the greatest life-altering decision needing to be made; from the time we awake to the time we rest in sleep; and the choice to react with a positive response or negative response is totally up to each of us; It is truly our choice! But I just wonder if we could see how our choices would affect, not just our life but the lives of all those involved after our choice was made; how many of us would choose more wisely. I have learned that our choices not only affect our life, but they affect lives of those we're not even aware are watching us. Having lost precious loved ones along my life, it has warmed my heart to hear others share warm memories of how that loved one had affected their life and how they regretted not ever telling them; but they had watched their reactions to stressful situations; had listened to their responses as others had demeaned or chosen to be cruel to others while my loved one had been kind and caring instead, and how their choice had touched their lives in such a way that it caused them to want to pattern their own life with that same love they knew my loved one had that was of God.

I believe the effect our choice of character has on others lives is why Holy Spirit anointed Paul to encourage us in Galatians 5:22,23 to allow the fruits of the Spirit to shine forth in our lives and to choose to show God's Love, Joy, Peace, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness and Self-Control to those we encounter along life's way in all we do and all we say.  Our choices do make a difference in our life as well as in the lives of those we encounter along the way. So as you go through today, I ask you to join me and let's choose to be mindful one of another and choose to do good and be positive role models that can lead others to Jesus Christ. Let's choose to Love because He Chose to Love us and always remember that He Chose to give His life for us that we could have an abundant life free from all sin and shame through Him and His choice to give His all. Let's Choose to be examples of His Great Love in word and deed, and bless others as He has blessed us. Be blessed, dear friends. God loves you and so do I~~~