Wednesday, July 25, 2012

What direction we take is our choice...

It was a beautiful day today!We got to get into our swimming pools for the first time in a long time.The pools were a little bit cold, but the kids swam anyway. We wrote letters to our dear brother who is going through a rough time,a choice that he made for himself.Our prayer is that those letters would be encouraging to him and help him in some way.The situation that he is in is a hard one for him and all of us.The reason it's hard for us is because we love him and we hate to see him go through it by choice. Leah mentioned today something about choosing to live our life the way God wants us to.Then Ben mentioned that most don't.Then I added that when we don't we are settling for less.God has the story of our life all planned out if we choose to be patient and live each day relying on Him,we will be living the life that He has chosen for us.The reason we usually choose to do it our own way is because we don't want to wait and God doesn't stop us from choosing what we want.He doesn't control us because He wants us to choose Him on our own.We can't see the big picture and that's why we settle for less.God's life for us is far greater than the life that we choose for ourselves.