“…Choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve.” (Joshua 24:15)
I have to choose.
Not my parents.
Not my heritage.
To choose for me.
Myself.
I have to choose.
Not trapped by yesterday.
Not anxious for tomorrow.
To choose this day.
Everyday.
I have to choose.
Not to be in control.
Not to be the master.
To choose whom I will serve.
Jesus.
I have chosen.
Myself.
Today.
Jesus.
“There is a choice you have to make
in everything you do.
So keep in mind that in the end,
the choice you make makes you.” (John Wooden)
Are you choosing? For yourself? Today? Jesus?
What “you” are your choices making?
Craig T. Owens 
December 4, 2008 at 8:38 pm
Very nice. Choices are sometimes hard to make. But it is something that we have to do. servanthood = daily sacrifices!
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December 4, 2008 at 10:12 pm
This is really good, Craig! “The choice you make makes you.” Powerful line.
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December 5, 2008 at 8:01 am
Choices makes me ME! Goes right to the heart. Thanks for sharing.
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December 5, 2008 at 5:03 pm
I think this is great! I can see it on bookmarks, etc. Your words and my gluegun?
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December 5, 2008 at 6:38 pm
That is profound Craig !
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December 7, 2008 at 4:10 pm
In response to “Choices” –
There have been times
when choices I’ve made
if given the chance
I would gladly trade
The path that I took
was rocky and rough
and things all around me
seemed to be tough
I could have asked Jesus
to lend me a hand
to reach down and pull me
from the sinking sand
He could have helped me
to a road that was paved
but I walked on my own
before I was saved
I climbed over
the brush and the briar
thinking I could help myself
from that fire
When trees fell down
and blocked my way
I could have gotten down
on my knees to pray
I could have said
Lord, it’s You that I choose
please save my life
before life I lose
But I was stubborn
fighting for my goal
now to the Lord
I have given my soul
The path I now travel
is clear to me
and any obstruction
is plain to see
When I look ahead
and problems arise
I pray to the Lord
and He hears my cries
He helps me to choose
a safe way to go
making my sins
as white as snow
Of all of the choices
that I have made
I’m glad I made one
I’m glad I’ve been saved
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December 7, 2008 at 9:47 pm
Cool – It’s Battle of the Poems!
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September 24, 2015 at 6:07 am
[…] Choices must be made every day. These choices lead to either blessing or woe. […]
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