There is a new baby in our family today!! Well, not our immediate family, but extended family. Welcome little Addison Elaine! 7 lbs 12 oz, 19 inches long. Congrats to Tammy and Ty!
As Spring arrived so did a change in our schedules and thoughts of summer plans are twirling through our minds. But also thoughts about next Fall. So many things to prepare for and plan for. So many things to decide on and say yes or no to. Soccer? Swimming? Baseball? Kids Triathalon? Homeschooling? Pre-school? Work? Art Class? Guitar Lessons? Tai Kwan Do Classes? Vacation? Camping? Michigan Adventure? Indiana Beach? Plant a garden?
I am forever making choices, some minor, but some are major. I look back over my life and see so many bad choices I have made. I think it is easier to remember the bad ones than the good ones. The bad ones mark your life. Everyone remembers the bad choices. The good ones just blend in with everything else and it is almost like you are just expected to make the good ones. But the bad ones, whoa.... those follow you forever. You still kick yourself in the butt every time you remember it.
Of course we never wake up in the morning thinking "I am going to make a bad choice today!" "I really want to look stupid and ruin my life and be in debt forever!"
Yet some how we all still make bad choices sometimes, even when everything in us wants to do the right thing.
I am so thankful my life is in God's hands. No matter how much I screw up, He loves me. I can go to him for wisdom and He offers it freely. I pray about all the decisions we make, even the little things. I want to honor God with my life, with all of it. I trust Him. I trust His Word.
Romans 8:28
"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose."
Jeremiah 29:11
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
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Jenny, I loved reading this. We are studying "Christian Decision Making" in my Women's Bible Study at church and we're learning that you need to seek God's guidance with even the little decisions in life. Thanks for sharing this and reminding us that God is always there for us, ready to listen and direct us.
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