I cannot remember the last time I wrote for #FiveMinuteFriday! Feels good to be back. No extreme editing; no worrying about perfect grammar, font, or punctuation. Today’s word prompt is “Choose”.
Go!
The Sweetheart says I couldn’t make a decision if my life depended on it.
He’s right.
I have the worst time making up my mind on anything. Ask me to pick where were we will go for dinner. I am given that decision often since we travel so much; we are with different ministering families almost every weekend. “Where would YOU like to go?” PLEASE! Don’t ask me, I cannot make up my mind and I also do not like to be the one making the selection.
Put me in a dressing room with two or three outfits that actually fit. (Okay, that may be an exaggeration; that NEVER happens!) Then ask me to pick only one. I will be in there until they close up shop and go home. I cannot do it. It will not happen. All three of those babies are going home with me!
But when it matters, when it really matters, I can choose.
I chose The Sweetheart over 35 years ago and have never regretted that decision. We choose to stay together because we made a commitment and have learned to love, and forgive, regardless.
I chose to keep three baby boys, My Three Sons, thanking God every day for blessing us with new life and for the wonder of it all.
I chose to raise them in Truth, to teach them to walk with God and put Him first in everything they do.
I chose a wife for my eldest son…no, really, I did! They chose to fall in love, thankfully, but I did tell Kyle that I had found the perfect girl for him before he ever laid eyes on her. #littlegirlineverhad
I choose to follow Jesus. That was an easy one. As a very young teenager, when I first made that choice, it wasn’t all because I loved Him. It was because I was scared of NOT being with Him, afraid I would end up in that “other place”.
But I kept choosing, kept following, kept reading His Word that He left behind for me. Then I fell in love with Him because of what He had done for me. Because He loved me FIRST, He chose me!
I choose to share this Good News with others because time is short and there is nothing in this life that we can carry into the next…except those that we bring to Christ!
Choices. We make them every single day. Good ones, bad ones, easy ones, difficult ones, but we live with those choices, most of them for the rest of our lives…some for eternity.
Look at all of the heroes in the Faith Chapter, Hebrews 11. Their choices of bravery, heroism, courage and fearlessness granted them great reward!
“And what more shall I say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gideon and Barak and Samson and Jephthah, also of David and Samuel and the prophets: who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became valiant in battle, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. Women received their dead raised to life again.
Others were tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection. Still others had trial of mockings and scourgings, yes, and of chains and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawn in two, were tempted, were slain with the sword. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented— of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains, in dens and caves of the earth. And all these, having obtained a good testimony through faith, did not receive the promise, God having provided something better for us, that they should not be made perfect apart from us.” Hebrews 11:32-40 NKJV.
Their weakness was turned to strength! They became powerful in battle! They suffered…greatly, and the world was not worthy of them.
They made choices. Life-changing choices.
What are you going to choose today? Who are you going to choose?
“Choose you this day, whom you will serve…As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” Joshua 24:15.
Make choices that you won’t regret.
STOP.
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I do not like decision making! But I am pushing myself 🙂 Thanks for taking the time to comment. Found some good stuff at Essential Fridays!
I’m not great at making choices either – especially quick ones! I love what you have reflected here about the choices that really matter.
Thanks for linking up at Essential Fridays.
Blessings
Mel from Essential Thing Devotions
Thank you Shelly! Blessings for a great week.
Thanks Lee Ann, I had not been by FMF in a while either but liked the word choice this time! Blessings!
Well hello twin sister! 🙂 I love your thought that maybe we are just contented!! At the church we were ministering in over the weekend, the pastor would ask me after every seminar session or service where we wanted to eat. I hate to pick for everyone! But he would start naming off lots of places and I HAD to choose. It was torture! But I finally caught on and by the end of the weekend I was giving orders…sort of, ha. Thank you for the comment and taking time to visit! Blessings!
I haven’t done a five minute friday in eons. I probably should pick this back up again. Anyway, love this post! Some choices are hard to make. Sometimes, I rather not make any decisions; but, it has to be done at times. Thanks!
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Beautiful choices you’ve made, Nanette! The lasting ones that really count. Thanks so much for encouraging us at Recommendation Saturday with this post. Heart Hugs, Shelly <3
I think we were twins separated at birth….! I can’t make decisions, either. Your writing made me think about my indecision and I realized that it wasn’t that I was afraid of making the wrong decision (which is what I thought for a long time), but in most instances, like my husband asking where we should eat, I truly don’t care; I’ll be content with whatever! Maybe my indecision is just disguised as contentment!
I have accomplished something if you were LOL. Ha. I am the worst at making decisions and also have a horrendous memory! I am dangerous to be out of the house. Thankfully I do get a few right occasionally.
May we be made strong….amen! Thank you Floyd. Blessings friend.
I get it right every once in a while 🙂 Thanks Laura for coming by! You are so welcome here. ♥
When it really mattered, God guided us to make the right choices. Amen! Thank you Joanne, and yes it is a rare day when anything fits. 🙂 Glad God doesn’t care about those things when we come to Him!
Thank you friend! Choices made without regret…wonderful. So happy you stopped by. Blessings!
I almost always roll my eyes when someone posts,”LOL” because I very seriously doubt they are actually doing it. But, when I read, “The Sweetheart says I couldn’t make a decision if my life depended on it. He’s right.” I did. Laugh out loud.
I have trouble ordering at a fast-food drive through! So many choices! I need time to think!
Yet, like you, when it comes to the important things, I’ve chosen well.
Many blessings… C
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Great post. The power and consequence of our free will is so underestimated in the modern church. May we be made strong in our choices to honor our Father. “As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
These are all very good choices! You know how the make the good decisions where it counts.
Oh Nanette – I so loved this post. If it makes you feel better, I think it is a rare day when anything fits these days 🙂 Like you, I also have a difficult time making choices. But I am so grateful that when it truly mattered in life, our God guided me to make the right choices. Loved where this word, choice, took you in your thoughts. Have a blessed Friday!
Hi Nannette! I’m your neighbor at Five Minute Friday…This was lovely and filled with so much truth. What a blessing it is to look back on things done right…Choices made without regret. Your life is inspiring. Thank you for sharing.