Remember this, my friends: each of us has a choice.

Every day.

More than one actually.

Every day we can choose to follow the wide and easy path the world sets before us, or the narrow path of faith that leads to Jesus.

We can choose to stare at our problems and get tangled up in the impossibility of solving them or opt instead to trust our Heavenly Father to take care of our needs.

We can choose to replay in our heads the hurts and offenses we have endured or forgive and move forward.

We can stew in our self pity or reach out to others with love to help and comfort and care.

We can keep on fighting with our own weakness or rest in the strength of the Lord.

We can try to figure it all out with our limited cognitive abilities or realize and trust in the sovereignty of our good and loving Father.

We can view ourselves based on the judgements of others or through the Lord’s love, mercy and grace.

We can choose to believe or not.

We can choose to walk in darkness or in The Light.

We can hate or love.

We can look inward or upward.

We can waste our lives with vain pursuits or seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness.

We can look inward or upward.

We can focus on Christ our Savior in all things or slog through life defeated and afraid.

Choose for yourself this day who you will serve. Self or God. Sin or salvation. Dark or light.

When we choose the Light – when we follow Jesus instead of the world – it is to our benefit.

Trust in the Lord and do good.