Yet, the God of the universe who sits upon the throne tells us in Deuteronomy 30:19
"Today I have given you the choice...
Everyday we are given a choice. Not just a once-in-a-lifetime. Not a now or never. Everyday. Yes, even when today is like no other day we have seen in our lifetime. I have a choice and so do you....between life and death...
What???? Not between Coke or RC and Oreos or Kroger brand cookies. He's talking life and death. I don't know about you, but the Coke or RC was hard for me. Life and death? That seems like a no-brainer. Yet the world seems to place brand name versus generic above adoption or abortion...marriage or divorce...forgiveness or bitterness...truth or lies. Now wait just a minute. Those are hitting closer to home than I want to admit. How about you?
...between blesssings and curses...
So now it's saying that my choices have consequences? What I choose makes a difference? And that those consequences can be beneficial or detrimental?
Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make.
Can't I just make these choices in the privacy of my own home? or head? Do I have to have an audience!?!?!
Oh, that you would choose life, so that you and your descendants might live!
And that it is not "It's my life. I can do what I want." The choices that I make affect others? I have to consider long term effects for me...and them?
How are you feeling right now? Take out your thermometer and take your psychological temperature. Are you dangerously cold right now? Maybe at a fever pitch? Dangerously high and risking damage to the brain?
Consider this. In a world that is spinning out of control, our good Shepherd, our Abba Father, our Counselor says, "I AM giving you a choice today that can give you life and blessings and can be beneficial to you and your children. And we are watching. And We are for you. Not against you."
Now that is a hope I'm willing to invest in!!
How about you?
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