I’m struggling today to write.  When I started this blog I did so with the commitment to always share what God is doing in my life and my own personal battle/victories connected with the walk.  The past couple days have hit right in the midst of my family. I won’t go into the specifics of it, but choices (right vs wrong) is making life horribly miserable.

I awoke this morning at 4:00 am and instantly found myself telling God what He needed to do to make choices be different today.  I found myself quickly correcting myself and instead of telling God I switched to thanking Him for using all of our choices to grow us.  I did go back to sleep.  As I got to my journaling during devotions I asked God what I needed to know from Him today?  He quickly informed my mind that He does not use His power/strength to interfere with man’s choices.  If He did so He would be breaking His pledge to man.  Instead He uses the choices of man to bring him to Himself.  I really needed this reminder.  I can use my relationship to encourage right choices being made, but my role is left there.  God also reminded me that my timetable is not the one He uses to determine His actions.  I needed that reminder also.  I grew up experiencing life with an abundance of wrong choices.  I struggle so much feeling helpless when I see others making those that will hurt them when the right choice is only a step away.

As difficult as it is watching ones you love make incorrect choices, I do praise God for using all of them, good and bad, to bring each and everyone of us to the place where we face God/Jesus with the reality of our choices.  The beauty is that He is there with open arms when we decide to come to Him.  I’ll keep praying for this to happen.