Saturday, November 18, 2017

Choices

I have made several obviously negative choices in my life, choices that involved lying, stealing, drug use and various illegal activities. I have also made some negative choices that appeared upright on the surface such as taking a job because of increased pay or following a career path of intellectual achievement while turning my back on life fulfillment, spirituality and love. None of those negative choices had any impact on the level of Love and support from God. I now watch others in my life make negative choices usually leading to some sort of short-term self-gratification. I can do no less than love, support and respect. "These chapters [1st 3 of Genesis] tell a story, and through that story is revealed the agonizing discovery of our human freedom— our freedom to choose between god and evil, and not only freedom to choose but the imperative laid upon us to choose the good daily, or inevitably fall into evil."