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The Choice
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By:
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luvmaria
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Encouraging
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07/02/2009 05:03:31
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None
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READ: Genesis 2:16-17; 3:1-8
Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat. 2:16-17
I watched as a young mother tried to get her 2-year-old child to make a choice. can have fish or chicken, she told him. She limited his choice to just two because he was too young to understand beyond that. Choice often allows a wider variety of options, and it also must allow the person to reject the choices.
Adam and Eve were in the best possible environment. God had given them freedom to eat of all the trees in Eden. He drew the boundary lines around only one tree! They had a choice, and it should have been a no-brainer to choose wisely. But their choice was tragic.
Some blame God for what they see as His restrictions. They may even accuse Him of trying to control their lives. But God gives us a choice, just as He did Adam and Eve.
Yes, God draws boundary lines, but they are for our protection. David understood this. He wrote, through Your commandments, make me wiser than my enemies . . . . I understand more than the ancients, because I keep Your precepts. I have restrained my feet from every evil way, that I may keep Your Word (Ps. 119:98-101).
God cares so much about us that He gives us boundary lines so that we will choose what is right. P. Hia
Lord, help us to obey Your Word,To heed Your still, small voice;And may we not be swayed by men,But make Your will our choice. De Haan
God commandments were given to fulfill us, not to frustrate us.
SMALL STRAWS IN A SOFT WIND by Marsha Burns -- July 2, 2009:
You are beginning to emerge from the fog of uncertainty, and then you will see with great clarity the purposes I have for you and the direction that I am taking you, says the Lord. Take a deep breath, a sigh of relief, and release all the stress that has found a home in you in the last few weeks and months. This is a new day that carries with it new possibilities and new hope. Renew yourself in trust and expectation while maintaining spiritual discernment and reality.
1 Corinthians 2:9 But as it is written: "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him."
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