"I Choose to"

About two months ago I met an acquaintance at the mall. I told her how she looked so wonderful. She told me that she was not well but that her cancer had returned and that the treatment for her illness had caused her to put on a little weight. None the less, she was in the mall, in front of the cosmetic counter choosing a lipstick that would match the dress she would wear to the church service she had to attend the next day. I mused at her courage. She was strong and full of hope, still holding on to everything good that she could have thought of. There she was, still looking forward to blessing others with her presence, with her beautiful lipstick and an attitude of gratefulness to God.

'I was INSPIRED'

I was INSPIRED. Many times we sulk and gripe about so much. I gripe about my hair and there she laughed with me about her wigs, how for years they have been her best friend. We gripe for so many things trivial. We seem disatisfied easily, get hopeless so quickly, discouraged, yet there are those who are less fortunate than us and can see good in everything.

'I CHOOSE today'

I choose today to see the good, to rise up and walk in full awareness that my choices will determine my future rise or fall. The difference between those who succeed and those who do not, is the choices they make today. What is your choice? The difference between a person who makes it or not is not that we fall, but how long we stay down when we fall. How we see failure whether we will rise up and walk again, try again, hope again, believe again. We can make the choice to grasp for God's goodness and His mercies that are new every morning. Let us now declare to ourselves and others that we choose life and freedom. We embrace love and God's wholeness, we receive His favour and His mercies, we will rise to new heights in and through His help and discover the depths of His love. We grasp with all the strength that He gives us, all that He offers us, rising to soar to the greatness and goodness that is in store for us. We declare liberty in Christ and are now free to laugh again, hope again, jump for joy again, dream again, smile again, be kind to others again, receive kindness again, to be joyful again, to try again. Today we are free to choose!!!!