Just a thought by coppi

Choices – just a thought by coppi

This is the voice to listen to. And that listening requires a real choice, not just once in a while but every moment of every day and night. It is you who decides what you think, say, and do. You can think yourself into a depression, you can talk yourself into low self-esteem, you can act in a self-rejecting way. But you always have a choice to think, speak, and act in the name of God and so move toward the Light, the Truth, and the Life.  (Henri Nouwen)

Choices are always circling around for me to make.  I have lived a long time, and have made good and bad ones. One of my grateful prayers is “Jesus, thank you for letting me live long enough to look back on my life, and correct some of the ones that were wrong.”  In my former life, I belonged to four Country Clubs at one time. I have always been a person that wanted to walk with God thus spending time being still and searching truth in His word. That all ended when golf took over my life.  I was going in all directions doing and being what everyone thought I should be doing. I was a people pleaser and was drained of energy to do anything but please the world. When that life ended, I was thrown out in a world of survival.  It was a very difficult time in my life.  I returned and leaned heavily on prayer and seeking guidance from Jesus.  He brought me through that horrible time in life.  Today, I pray I can re-evaluate choices I have to make – make ones that are pleasing in God’s eyes.  

Just a thought by coppi