Choose Whom You Will Serve

Choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served in the region beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord. Joshua 24:15

We have a choice every day, every hour, and every minute how we will react to life. Lori Snyder Sloan gave me her family devotion book. Such a wise lady she is. In this book I came upon these actions. Choose today the ones which will allow God to use you to minister to others:

Choose to love—rather than hate             

Choose to smile—rather than frown

Choose to build—rather than destroy         

Choose to persevere—rather than quit

Choose to praise—rather than gossip         

Choose to heal—rather than wound

Choose to give—rather than grasp.            

Choose to act—rather than delay

Choose to pray—rather than despair          

Choose to forgive—rather than curse

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Prayer: Help me Lord to choose the first option in each choice above when I react to how life presents itself to me. Help me to keep a loving smile available for others. Forgive me when I wound someone and don’t even realize it. Help me to make it right with that person. Open my eyes to see that each person is a child of our Almighty God. Lead me to follow the actions of Jesus who came here and died for me after showing the world how to love. Thank you for sending your son to save me. May I have the strength to serve you and teach about you. Amen.

Sandra Hilsabeck