Making Right Choices - Phoebe Leggett
"See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction... Now choose life, so that you and your children may live." Deuteronomy 30: 15, 19 NIV
It’s God’s desire that we make right choices in life, yet He gives us the exclusive privilege of making our own decisions and choices. It’s up to us to make the right ones. Often we get so scooped up in the busyness of life that our judgment becomes clouded. Making good choices gets tough and it requires us to take the time to ponder our options and not hurry through life without realizing our choices will determine our future.
Just as a parent’s heart breaks because their child makes wrong choices in life. God’s heart breaks when we make wrong choices. Still, He is merciful to forgive and help if we ask. Sometimes the right choice comes too late and we have to suffer the consequences of our actions.
God suffers too, when we make wrong choices. He loves us—so much that He sent His son to die that we might have abundant life. And still, we fail to turn to Him for guidance in our life’s decisions.
Yesterday I saw a car wreck being cleaned up on the side of the road. The highway was blocked and medics and police swarmed to help. It reminded me of the day my son lost his life in a car crash. It broke my heart again to see this scene. How much more does God’s heart break?
Sometimes our choices bring death. It isn’t God’s choice that we die, but that we live.
Trust God to help you make right choices. If wrong choices are made, He is willing to forgive if we ask.
Lean on Him when you face major decisions, even when the choices are small. Only He can make things right again.
Phoebe Leggett was the recipient of two poetry awards from the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writer’s Conference in 2007. Many of her poems, articles, and short stories have appeared in various magazines and Christian literature; and she is currently working on a book about grief. She is married with two grown children and one grandchild. Her youngest son was killed in a tragic accident in 2004. Learn more about Phoebe at http://www.phoebeleggett.com/.
Read Phoebe's devotions.
It’s God’s desire that we make right choices in life, yet He gives us the exclusive privilege of making our own decisions and choices. It’s up to us to make the right ones. Often we get so scooped up in the busyness of life that our judgment becomes clouded. Making good choices gets tough and it requires us to take the time to ponder our options and not hurry through life without realizing our choices will determine our future.
Just as a parent’s heart breaks because their child makes wrong choices in life. God’s heart breaks when we make wrong choices. Still, He is merciful to forgive and help if we ask. Sometimes the right choice comes too late and we have to suffer the consequences of our actions.
God suffers too, when we make wrong choices. He loves us—so much that He sent His son to die that we might have abundant life. And still, we fail to turn to Him for guidance in our life’s decisions.
Yesterday I saw a car wreck being cleaned up on the side of the road. The highway was blocked and medics and police swarmed to help. It reminded me of the day my son lost his life in a car crash. It broke my heart again to see this scene. How much more does God’s heart break?
Sometimes our choices bring death. It isn’t God’s choice that we die, but that we live.
Trust God to help you make right choices. If wrong choices are made, He is willing to forgive if we ask.
Lean on Him when you face major decisions, even when the choices are small. Only He can make things right again.
Phoebe Leggett was the recipient of two poetry awards from the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writer’s Conference in 2007. Many of her poems, articles, and short stories have appeared in various magazines and Christian literature; and she is currently working on a book about grief. She is married with two grown children and one grandchild. Her youngest son was killed in a tragic accident in 2004. Learn more about Phoebe at http://www.phoebeleggett.com/.Read Phoebe's devotions.
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