Choices

November 18, 2014

Choices! This is the word that I woke up with today. At every hour, every minute, every second you have a choice to make. Whether it’s what to cook for supper or what attitude am I going to take regarding this situation. I've been made aware that I have the choice when it comes to how I deal with situations. I can choose to let the devil suck me in and dwell on silly things, or I can confront them, in a good manner and be Christ like in deal with the situation. Now looking over this it might leave you confused.

Recently, I was very angry with my husband for choices he made with our money.  Basically, I thought that he wasn't following the plan that we (during counseling) had decided to take. So what to do……..well, of course, I texted my best friend. What do you think she said, “You have a choice!” What?  I don’t understand. Okay, well, I did. But she explained it well. “You are letting your emotions about a situation with Chris impact your decision about tonight. They are separate things. Also, you can’t dwell on it. It needs to be an “I acknowledge I am upset because Chris did this but I am going to CHOOSE to move on until we can discuss it as a group moment". Sometimes I wonder how she is so wise! Ha-ha.

Anyways, so what happened was I was letting my emotions dictate my whole life. So I had a choice.  Keep dwelling, or move on. She laid it all right there for me. I did choose to move on, after a few tears. Then much to say, I found out later, it was my own stupidity and the money was where it was supposed to be. I think that’s even harder for me to admit to, I was wrong! Yikes, can’t even imagine.

Anyway, back to choices. Every morning you wake up you decide how your day is going to go. Starting off with Jesus has helped me out so much. Today, I actually woke up and decided to read and complete a bible study, before and after praying. Guess what? My day actually wasn’t too bad. I had my yearly evaluation, without too much stress. I came home and I feel awake and ready to be a mom. Amazing how that all happens.

So, do me a favor………make the choice to be Christ-like. I’m setting a goal to do this more often, hoping it will rub off on my own children and others.


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