Choices

 

I am my own worst enemy.  Let me explain.  I could lose 10 pounds if only I would go to bed at 6 pm right after supper.  That’s because I am a snacker, and I snack all the way up until I go to bed.  But then my snacks roll around in my stomach.  So, last night, I was rummaging through the refrigerator and my eyes lit upon three slices of left-over garlic bread.  Yummy!  Yummy at 6 pm, but not at 10 pm!  The spicy garlic and the greasy butter fought a war in my stomach until 2 am.  They fought the war, but I was the one who lost the war.  For 4 hours I thought, “Why do I make such poor choices?!”  I would like to blame my great-great-grandfather, Adam, but I can’t.  Making poor choices is just in human nature.  We all make poor choices, but some choices have life-changing consequences.  Who to marry; who to hang around with.  A poor choice in eating garlic bread will last for 4 hours, but a poor choice in a relationship may last a lifetime.  Joshua made a good choice in his life.  He admonished his fellow countrymen in Joshua 24:15, “… choose you this day whom ye will serve; … but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”  May you and I make good choices today, is my prayer.