Choices, Choices, Choices

All of us are preachers. Did you know that? It’s true! And it isn’t just the handful of us who serve as professional clergy; it’s everyone! Your actions, your words, your passions, your fears all proclaim to the world what you worship and value. Whether it is God, money, clothing, family, or yourself, you worship something, and your life is your sermon.

You are who you are because of the choices you have made. To be fair, some choices are harder than others, but ultimately how we choose to respond or how to think about an object or an event it up to us. You will meet people who have experienced unfathomable hardships who are the most pleasant people in the world. Others experience minor inconveniences and become unbearably bitter and angry. How is it that some choose to love while others choose to hate? Some choose action and others apathy?

Life is about choices. Sorry, Hokey-Pokey. Our choices, whether they be good, bad, or ugly all have consequences. You’ve heard it said that “Everything happens for a reason.” Sometimes those things happen because we are stupid and make bad choices. Sometimes those things happen because we live in a fallen world and aren’t in Heaven yet. Either way, how we respond to those things becomes the sermon we preach with our life.