THE CHOICE IS YOURS!

We all know what choosing means - the pink blouse or the white shirt, the apple or the orange, telling the truth or lie, the sales job or accounting work, blessings or curses.... Everyday we have to make that choice!

But when we are in an emotional storm, for example a miscarriage or infertility, we rebel and say,"But God, You didn't give me a choice here! I never wanted to be in this storm."

That brings up an important distinction. Sometimes we don't get to choose our circumstances, but we can still choose our response to them. During storms, our feelings and circumstances will try to be the boss. They want to dominate us. But we can make proactive choices.

Not everything in the world has turned out the way God wanted. He did not desire Adam to disobey. He did not desire for sin or suffering to be part of our existence. However, He doesn't allow those things to change His character. He is the same yesterday, today and forever! He continues to make choices based on who He is, whatever the circumstances. We are made in His image, and He wants us to respond the same way to everything that happens in our lives.

So, will we be like Joshua? "As for me and my household, we choose to serve the LORD" Joshua 24:15 Extract from Rain on me by Holley Gerth

Make the right choice, no matter what the circumstance is. Choose joy over sorrow, choose victory over defeat, choose forgiveness over bitterness, choose love over hate, choose GOD!