Choices!

Everything in life requires a choice. Every thought, every action, every word. When you wake up in the morning you choose how the day will effect you. When you lay down at night, you choose how you will hold the days memories; cherished or regretted. When you are blessed by a friend or stranger do you return the blessing? When you are cursed, do you release them or hold them responsible?

"If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.” John 20:23

There is great power in our choices. The word tells us that love covers a multitude of sins. We can choose to cover those we love while they are separated from God. We can forgive them for wrongs done or we can retain them and hold them responsible for them. How we choose to act will determine the set course for, not only someone else's life, but, by our own actions and words, the course for ours as well.

“For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses."

Matthew 6:14-15

Choose wisely! For your present and future choices may bring back to you the consequences of your past actions.

Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, "Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?" Jesus answered, "I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times. "Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand talents was brought to him. Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt. "The servant fell on his knees before him. 'Be patient with me,' he begged, 'and I will pay back everything.' The servant's master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go. "But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him. 'Pay back what you owe me!' he demanded. "His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, 'Be patient with me, and I will pay you back.' But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt. When the other servants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed and went and told their master everything that had happened. "Then the master called the servant in. 'You wicked servant,' he said, 'I canceled all that debt of yours because you begged me to. Shouldn't you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?' In anger his master turned him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed. "This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart."

Matthew 18:24-35