Choices

There is so much power in the choices that we make everyday. Some days I have to choose to get out of bed, others I have to choose to have a good day. I am learning so much about the choices that I make. I had to make choices to be a good person, to follow God, and to do the "right thing". Now, most of the time, I naturally am a nice person, I will bend over backwards to see someone else suceed, but I am seeing where this can easily be taken advantage of. I give myself away until there is nothing left to give, then I go to bed and do it all over again when I wake up. Sometimes I get upset with myself, because I give too much, I am too nice, and then it comes back to haunt me. I have to learn to tell people no, I have to learn when it is too much. Sometimes I think I use this natural, God given gift to win people, to gain their friendship, because people are so important to me. See I have made some unhealthly choices in the past, like spending money that I don't have, for things that I don't need, and now there is a price to pay. The price is high. It is costing me time, energy, relationships, sleep, money. I want to encourage you to really think things through. We live in a culture and time that lives for immediate gradification, without thinking through things, God gave you a brain, please use it to think with. I wish that I would have thought more, that I would have listened to people around me, that I would have made different choices with my life. To be honest, I wish that even today, this week that I would have made different choices. I guess though that I am always looking to learn a lesson, and I learn a lot by the choices that I make. Just think about the choices that you make today. I have known that I am choosing somethings that are not good for me, and now it is all crashing down around me. I knew that this road would lead me to this result, but I choose to walk the path anyway. Now I am left to clean up the mess, to make better choices next time. Just think before you act, and if there is something telling you differently, take some time to really think through it all.