Choices

We all have choices to make. Some choices seem small and others will decide the next phase in our lives. We choose to forgive. We choose to trust. We choose what time to wake up in the morning. (Although some of us have wee ones that choose that for us!) We choose what time to turn in at night. We choose what to eat, what to watch on TV, and how to spend our hard earned money. We choose how we spend our time, surfing the net or reading another chapter in Romans? We choose to pick up the phone and call an old friend.

We make choices every day without even realizing we just made one. I chose to stay in my pajamas all day. I chose to play with my children instead of folding clothes. I chose to call my mom. I chose to squirt Redi-Whip whipped cream in the mouths of both of my boys. The choices I made today were not life altering, but they were still choices.

I am trying to instill the concept of making wise ones in my 4 year old son. We talk daily about making good choices.

"Was stepping on your brother a good choice?"
"If you choose not to eat your dinner, then no dessert."
"You can choose to go to time out or obey mommy."

Choices. They determine our future. The ability to make good ones is in all of us. Some days I make great choices and others I do not. My hope is to lead by example and teach my children that every choice counts for something.