Its quiet.
Its early.
My coffee is hot.
The sky is still black.
The world is still asleep.
The day is coming.
In a few moments the day will arrive.
It will roar down the track with the rising of the sun.
The stillness of the dawn will be exchanged
for the noise of the day.
The calm of solitude will be replaced
by the pounding pace of the human race.
The refuge of the early morning will be invaded
by decisions to be made and deadlines to be met.
For the next twelve hours
I will be exposed to the days demands.
It is now that I must make a choice.
Because of Calvary, I'm free to choose.
And so I choose.
I choose Love....
No occasion justifies hatred;
No injustice warrants bitterness.
~I choose love~
Today I will love God
and what God loves.
I choose Joy...
I will invite my God
to be the God of circumstance.
I will refuse the temptation to be cynical ...
the tool of the lazy thinker.
I will refuse to see people
as anything less than human beings,
created by God.
I will refuse to see any problem
As anything less than
an opportunity to see God.
I choose Peace...
I will live forgiven.
I will forgive so that I may live.
I choose Patience...
I will overlook the inconveniences of the world.
Instead of cursing the one who takes my place,
I'll invite him to do so.
Rather than complain that the wait is too long,
I will thank God for a moment to pray.
Instead of clinching my fist at new assignments,
I will face them with joy and courage.
I choose Kindness...
I will be kind to the poor, for they are alone.
Kind to the rich for they are afraid.
And kind to the unkind,
for such is how God has treated me.
I choose Goodness...
I will go without a dollar before I take a dishonest one.
I will be overlooked before I will boast.
I will confess before I will accuse.
~I choose goodness~
I choose Faithfulness...
Today I will keep my promises.
My debtors will not regret their trust.
My associates will not question my word.
My wife or partner will not question my love.
And my children will never fear that
their father will not come home.
I choose Gentleness...
Nothing is won by force. I choose to be gentle.
If I raise my voice may it be only in praise.
If I clench my fist, may it be only in prayer.I
f I make a demand, may it be only of myself.
I choose Self-control...
I am a spiritual being.
After this body is dead, my spirit will soar.
I refuse to let what will rot, rule the eternal.
~I choose self-control~
I will be drunk only by joy.
I will be impassioned only by my faith.
I will be influenced only by God.
I will be taught only by Christ.
~I choose self-control~
~Love~
~Joy~
~Peace~
~Patience~
~Kindness~
~Goodness~
~Faithfulness~
~Gentleness~
and
~Self-control~
To these I commit my day.
If I succeed, I will give thanks.
If I fail, I will seek His grace.
And then, when this day is done,
I will place my head on my pillow and rest.
~*~*~*~
'WHEN GOD WHISPERS YOUR NAME'
One of the greatest gifts given to us is
THE GIFT OF CHOICE
~LOVE~
We can choose to believe that we are unlovable
because of a past that is clouded by anothers
unloving words and actions.
~JOY~
We can choose to suffer the depression
which has followed us into adult life.
We can continue to believe
that every bad thing that has
ever happened to us is our own fault,
merely because we were taught at an early
age that this was true.
~PEACE~
We can choose to constantly struggle
with the memories of abuse.
~PATIENCE~
We can choose to give up all hope
for a brighter tomorrow because
the journey there takes too long.
~KINDNESS~
We can choose to lash out at others
because of the unkindness we have known.
~GOODNESS~
We can choose to believe that there
is no goodness in the world
and live our lives accordingly.
~FAITHFULNESS~
We can choose to be unfaithful
to those who have put trust in us.
We can choose to justify this by,
believing that trust is always broken.
~GENTLENESS~
We can choose to be forceful,
demanding, and violent because
that is how we were raised.
~SELF-CONTROL~
We can choose to loose control
and strike out at anyone that
gets in the way of all our other choices,
be they right or wrong.
~OR~
We can choose to look at the sunrise
of each new day as a promise.
The promise of new beginnings.
A new beginning that will not
allow the pain and problems of the
past to rule the present.
This Is Your Day
Your Choice
