choices

i have been realising how many choices we have in life; in every single situation we make a choice. whether we choice between milk or juice, blue or green, this school or that, the choice to have a goal, yes or no. each choice is different. some are far less important, but it's still personal power. we have so much more power over our lives than we think we do. i know most will pull the God card on me, but whether or not we give our lives for God is a choice and up to us alone. God has always made us choose first; in salvation-the choice to believe, the choice to die to ourselves, the choice to allow God to change us by choosing to let go of our lives and the things we hold on to. God is definetly all-powerful, but He choose to let us choose Him first, that's what love is; choosing someone. i think so much in life, in our relationship with God, has to do with us making choices. dying to ourselves is a choice we have to make everyday. our everyday choices is what makes up our 'walk with God.' maybe i'm venturing too off course, and am trying to find ways to make me feel better about giving up my control over my life, but that's a choice i am working on making. (i'm definetly not a hardcore calvinists.)

socially, relationally, a simple yes or no changes everything in a relationship. waiting and saying no can be the hardest thing but the better choice to make.
all of our choices have consequences. accepting your choice and the consequences isn't always easy. saying no when all you want is to say yes, even though no is the right answer, that one is hard.