In this one precious life we live, we have been blessed with many, many choices. Free will if you may. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines the word choice as: 1: The acting of choosing: selection 2: The power of choosing: option 3 a: The best part: cream of the crop b: A person or thing chosen 4: A number and variety to choose among 5: A care in selecting. Yes. As I mentioned prior, many choices to be had.
Some days I find the following harder than others. How about you? The choice to forgive rather than holding onto what will only sprout the deep rooted seed of bitterness, growing immense in size. Choking out any joy that may try to grow in its stead. To be thankful in times of sickness and sorrow. Clinging to precious memories past and the promise of better days yet to come. "A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones." ~ Proverbs 17:22 NIV. The choice to find contentment for what we have been given and to focus not on what we are without. The choice to be kind, especially to those whom are not. The choice to love, as we all have been created by the same God who is the creator of the Heavens above. The earth bellow. And all that is in between. The choice to give life and not death. I speak of not just the taking of a life, "But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude of God." ~ James 3:8-9 NKJV. And we have been given the choice to, "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me [Jesus]." ~ Matthew 16:24 NIV emphasis added.
"This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it." ~ Psalm 118:24 ESV
