A Good Word Wednesday #66 Choose
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Good Word of the Day: Choose
Thank you for choosing to click and read these words today. As you are reading right now, think back on the day you are in. How many choices have you made? Even if it is early in your day, you’ve already made some choices. Have they been good ones? Or have you made some you wish you could change?
Such as, did you choose a healthy breakfast? Choose to go for a walk? Did you exchange words with your spouse or children that you would choose to take back if you could? So. Many. Choices.
What if we made these choices on purpose?
Choose to live in the moment and not worry about tomorrow.
Choose to put your phone down, go outside and enjoy creation.
Choose to let go of trying to control all the things and people around you.
Choose to see people with the eyes of Christ.
Last Sunday, we had a guest preacher and part of his sermon dealt with how Jesus chose to see unseen people and meet them at the point of their needs. Please read Matthew 9:35-38 for context. We can choose to see the potential of people instead of seeing them as a problem. We can choose to switch our thinking about how we see people.
Before the worship service time, my Sunday School class discussed together Romans 7:14-25. This is the section of the chapter where Paul gets real with us. He is bearing his soul that he struggles with sin. He knew what was right, but often he chose what was wrong. Over and over again. It left him feeling wretched. What a good word. How often do our choices leave us feeling wretched? Only by the grace of God does he allow us to choose Him. We can choose to live in a way that sin doesn’t control us. We can choose to let God’s Spirit transform our lives and relationships.
Wednesday in the Word
“But if it is disagreeable in your sight to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served, which were beyond the Euphrates River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” Joshua 24:15 NASB
“5 For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate…Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? 25 Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!” (Roman 7:14-25)
Share Your Good Words
Good Questions of the Week: What good choices have you made recently? How do the choices we make affect our lives? Who or what do you look to, to help you make good choices?
Good Unseen People
Photo: She Is Safe
The following excerpt is from a story that will be included in my upcoming book, Unseen People: Sharing Light and Life with Your Neighbors and the Nations. This piece explores the choices we make at life’s crossroads. Click the blue link below to see the progress of the book.
Pause with me at the crossroads. Are these questions you’ve asked on your journey before?
What if I took the wrong path? Will it still make a difference?
What if I’m in the wrong wood?
What if none of it really matters anyway?
Read the whole story: Questions at the Crossroads
Good Words I Recommend
A Good Blog: How to Live and Love the Writing Life. Today I’m guest blogger for the Blue Ridge Conference Blog. I read the new entries on this site every day. I’m honored to be the writer for it today!
A Good Podcast: I had a great conversation with Dr. Lena on this podcast about Unseen People. You can listen to it on your favorite podcast site. Servant Leader Mindset Podcast: Developing the habit of service. This is an audio podcast but you can see a brief video clip at Servant Leader Podcast Video Clip
A Good Page: I’ve added a new page to my website: Guest Opportunities. I’ve gathered all my recent guest opps on podcasts and blogs. Please click and enjoy!
A Good Book: Unglued: Making Wise Choices in the Midst of Raw Emotions
A Good Devotional Book: Jesus Every Day: A Journey Through the Bible in One Year, Mary E. DeMuth
Some of the links above are associate links. That means, when you click and purchase, I receive a small percentage of that sale. Those funds, as well as funds from paid subscribers, support my writing this piece each week. Thank you! I commit to forwarding a minimum of 10% to the amazing nonprofits: She Is Safe and The Red Cord. They help raise awareness of sex trafficking. They help prevent, rescue and restore victims to new life.
A Final Good Word
One of the devotional books I read each morning is Jesus Every Day, referenced above. A few days ago, the author wrote a prayer thanking Jesus for the truth of Romans 13:14 and to help her make this choice: “Cloth yourself with the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ. And don’t let yourself think about ways to indulge your evil desires.”
The writer prays, “It’s a decision I make to think about You, to reorient my thoughts until they circumnavigate You… So today, I choose You. I actively place my mind on how great You are. Wherever I go, whether I’m walking or driving, exercising or sitting still, working or resting—I will keep my thoughts centered on your goodness. Because when it’s there, my mind won’t have room for destructive, sinful thoughts. And for that, I’m grateful. Amen.”
That’s my prayer for you too, my friend. And for me. Let’s choose Him today.
Whatever choices come my way this week, I am committed to doing this…
“And now, go, write it before them on a tablet and inscribe it in a book, that it may be for the time to come as a witness forever.” Isaiah 30:8
Please choose to share a good word with someone today..
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Thank you for taking your valuable time to read my words. Please share a good word with someone today. Invite others into our Good Word family.
Gratefully yours,
