Choices

 

The older I get, the more I realize that life revolves around choices. If you think about it you really can’t go through life without making choices. As soon as you get up you choose what to wear, what to eat, how to fix your hair, what you’re going to do. We constantly make choices. The choice to love. The choice to forgive. The choice to believe.

This summer I have made a lot of choices. It’s hard because you never know how people will react to them, but choices are inevitable. The question we all wonder at the end of the day is: who will still be standing there when the hardest choices are being made? Some will support. Some will mock. Some will abandon. But what keeps me going throughout all choices is that no matter how other people may react; God will always be by my side.

He’s knows every choice before we make it and he knows every thought before we think it. “I the LORD search the heart and examine the mind…” (Jeremiah 17:10) He sees our bad choices and our good choices. He guides us on what choices to make. “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.” (Proverbs 3:5-6)

People will ultimately change or surprise you whether that may be good or bad. But God will not change or surprise. “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.” (Hebrews 13:8) He will always love and believe. Do not let the choices consume you. If you’re struggling with a tough choice today, ask God for guidance. If you’re having a hard time coming to terms with a choice you’ve already made, ask God for peace. If you’re troubled by the choice of another, ask God for understanding. He will be your ultimate comfort through all the choices of life. “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort.” (2 Corinthians 10:3)