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PostPosted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 10:46 pm    Post subject: Our Path Reply with quote

Many Blessings to all:

We have dreams, we have desires, we have reality; it is the passing of our lives. One day may progress like any other, or in one moment everything we know may change. The actions of all around us affect what we do. The decisions of everyone with whom we interact and those we do not see ripple into our existence.

At times, it may seem like we have no control. The decisions of people half way around the world can suddenly impact how we live our lives. No matter what we dream, no matter what we desire, all is dependent upon a world of others.

In the same light, that which we do, the decisions we make, how we react impacts all around us. When we are sad, we influence the emotions of others. When we are angry, we may generate conflict, but when we are caring, the ripples we make are of such a different quality.

As the world closes around us, we may feel powerless in its grasp, but the reason God gave us free will is so that we have the choice as to how we react. We may face fortune or tragedy, but whether the event controls us or we control it depends upon our choice. The outcome may not be as we desire, but we can look at any given day with hope or despair.

We may choose to rely upon our own strength to face any challenge, and we may find we can succeed from time to time; but the world is often stronger than us and we are at the mercy of many forces. Still, no path to success can be achieved unless we choose to take the first step. Many times we do not even realize that the direction of our path was sealed by choices made perhaps many years back or even by the choices of those we have not yet met. What we do and what we fail to do leads to the path of the next moment coming.

What becomes of us depends upon our desire, the gifts God gave us and many variables; too many to count. Some rise to be leaders of nations while others are down trodden by oppressors. We may strive to seek greatness; we may find a means to climb upon that pedestal, but what we do in this world is but a moment of time, less than a blink of an eye in the life of the universe.

Of the thousands upon millions of choices we make during the course of our lives, whatever difference we make in this world is lost if there is one choice we fail. It is the most important choice of our freewill and that is our choice of whether we choose the salvation of the Lord or to ignore the sacrifice made for us many a year ago. The choice is to believe in His word or to turn our back upon His will and seek our own way. One path is for this world, the other is for the next.

“For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and that of the gospel will save it. What profit is there for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?” Mark 8:35-36

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