Choices

Just sharing what's on my heart today :)


We wake up every day with choices.

To get up early. Or even on time. Or to just sleep in a few more minutes.

To choose what we want for breakfast. Or if we even want to eat. Coffee? Tea? Juice?
Lots of choices.

Some we can make easily. And some take time.  

And some choices we really take our time on, because they have a cost to them.

When I have a choice to make, and I feel like it's a pretty big deal, I know I need to slow down, pray and ask for direction.

Sometimes God is silent, and He lets me go the way I decide.  

When I met my husband, I was hurting.  There had been a breakup after a 2 year relationship, and I was afraid to get into another one.  I determined that I would not get serious with anyone for a long time.

But prom was coming, and I had no date.  So my friend did what she thought was a great idea- and thank goodness she did.  She set me up with her boyfriend's handsome marine friend - and the rest is history.  Today is his birthday - oh I'm so glad he was born. :)

I could have made the choice to stay home for prom - and not agreed to her plan.

I did NOT pray- I didn't even know Jesus or care about being in line with Him or His plan.  But He knew me - and even though lots of bumps were ahead for us - He knew what we would become and He knew His plans.

When we moved to Texas- the plan was not clear - in fact it was very foggy and the only sure thing He put into our hearts was, "Serve and lift the arms of Gary and Carolyn..."  

So we prayed. And we counted the cost. And we cried many tears.  And we said goodbye.

We made the choice to sell our home and move across the country to follow what we felt God was saying for us.  It has not been easy.  It has not been clear.  But it has been full of joy.

Sometimes He confirms we are right where we are supposed to be. And sometimes He is quiet.  And the quiet times are hard.

You also have the power to choose your emotions. Anger, disappointment, peace, sadness, joy.  To choose to love. To choose to hope.

Someone hurts us- on purpose or not- we can choose.
Something doesn't go the way we had hoped- we can choose.
Things end and you didn't want them to - we can choose.
A really great thing happens... to someone else - we can choose.
The world comes crashing down as we know it- we can choose.

That's the thing about choices.  They are ours. 

Jesus came to give us life more abundant - life to the full.  A life of blessings. And we can have it - if we choose.

I hope you choose well <3

Christa 


"Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you would choose life, so that you and your descendants might live!"  Deut. 30:19

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. John 10:10