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As moms, we make choices every day. These choices may include whether to buy cloth or disposable diapers, choosing between full or half-day kindergarten, or deciding to let our teenager have the car for the afternoon to run errands. I have a three-year-old and a one-year-old, so the latter two options completely elude me. And the thought of my children going to kindergarten, let alone driving a car, nearly bring me to tears in front of my computer. But that is an entirely different blog entry.
The point here being, we have an opportunity to make choices everyday. Some choices are big, and some are little. And because the business of daily life often throws us from one playdate or activity to another, we forget to make one of the most important daily decisions of our lives. We forget to choose God. Not just choosing Him once and forgetting about that life-altering decision; but rather, I'm talking about the concept of choosing Him over and over again, everyday. Not because we have to, but because there is so much we will miss out on if we don't let Him become a part of our daily lives.
And sometimes it's not the business of life that keeps us from deliberately choosing God each day. Sometimes we're suffering from a pain so raw, that we can't imagine how we'll ever move on. Or quite the opposite, sometimes we're riding on a superficial blessing so completely that we forget we're seeing God's glory and not our own achievements.
In the midst of life, we often forget to choose God. The Good News is, though, that even when we forget to choose God, God continually chooses us. We can easily forget about God throughout the craziness of life, but God never forgets us. And although we may, at times, feel separated from God, He is never separated from us.
Romans 8:38-39, "For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels or demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."
And to choose God, that means we let go of the things of this worlds that are exhausting, depressing, tired, fearful and lonely. Mathew 11:28-30, "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light."
And when we choose to accept what God has to offer, we choose to accept, "love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control," Galatians 5:22. And the best news yet, no matter where we are in life, it is never too late to choose God. After all He's been choosing you since before you were born.
- Rebekah H.
