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A Day to Remember: Why Freedom Is Never Free
51 Years – and – Still – Learning
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Choose to Love
Did you ever think of love as a choice? We usually talk about love like it’s a feeling that happens to us. We fall into it. We fall out of it. It shows up or it doesn’t. But what if love is something we choose, on purpose, especially on the days it doesn’t feel like... Continue Reading →
Choose to Forgive
Ask yourself: are you a forgiving person? On the surface, we want to answer enthusiastically. Yes! But get hit with one of these, and we might change our answer: A drunk driver kills your only child.Your husband cheats on you.Your best friend steals your life savings.Gossip is spread around the community about your family.You lose... Continue Reading →
Choose to Pray
There’s a habit I’m still working on. When something goes wrong, my first instinct is to fix it myself, or worry about it, or vent about it to whoever will listen. Prayer is usually my last resort, not my first response. But Scripture keeps nudging me toward a different order: Instead of worrying — pray!Instead... Continue Reading →
Choose to Seek Direction
I’ll admit something about myself. I have a hard time making choices over simple things.There, I said it. I’m not proud of it. My husband walks in and says, “Honey, I know it’s been a long day. Where would you like to go eat?” “Oh, I don’t know. What do you want?”“I asked you first!”... Continue Reading →
Choose to Wait
I am not a good “waiter.” Doctor’s offices are some of the worst.Waiting in line. Waiting on someone to text back. Waiting to catch a flight.The list goes on and on. If I can plan for a wait, that’s a little different.Bring a good book, or remember my Bible study, and I’m good to go.... Continue Reading →
Choose Joy
I’m thankful for the country I live in. Our founding fathers wrote of the right to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”That phrase has always intrigued me: the pursuit of happiness. Isn’t that where we spend so much of our time?Always looking for something better. Always looking for what makes us happy. I’ll be... Continue Reading →
Choose Hope
Turn on the nightly news and it’s easy to lose heart. Wars. Shootings. Families torn apart.Headlines that make us wonder what the future holds. Hopelessness isn’t new.We’re just more aware of it, with every hard story a swipe away. Some days it feels like everything is falling apart, and there’s no light at the end... Continue Reading →
Today, I Choose
We make choices every day. Some are small.What to wear. What’s for dinner. Some are heavy.Whether to stay in the job, the relationship, the town. Choices are as old as the Garden.God gave Adam and Eve one simple boundary, and the serpent convinced them they knew better. I know that temptation well. Joshua 24:15 hangs... Continue Reading →
