Today I Choose

When I was initially naming this blog, a song ran through my head. Here are the lyrics, as best as I can remember them.

Today I choose
To follow You
Today I choose
To give my "Yes" to You
Today I choose
To hear Your voice and live
Today I choose
To follow You

As for me and my house
We will serve You
As for me and my house
We will spend our lives on You
Today...

Sometimes singing a song is like saying a prayer for me. Many songwriters can put into words what I have difficulty expressing. This song is both a prayer and a proclamation of how I want to live my life. Notice I said it's how I WANT to live my life. I am not claiming to have arrived--far from it! I am a work in progress, just like everyone else is on this side of eternity. I do not claim to have all the answers, but I can rest easy because I know the One who has all the answers.

Here's what I know and struggle daily to live out. Every day (and every given moment of each day) I have a CHOICE.

What am I going to allow to direct my thoughts?

Am I going to be controlled by my feelings?

Defined by my circumstances?

Worried about my future?

Anxious about tomorrow?

Concerned more about what other people think about me than what God thinks about me?

Will I listen to the many voices competing for my attention rather than the very Word of God and His still small voice?

Will I "be still and know that He is God," as Scripture commands?

Will I think about what the Bible says?

Will I ask God how He sees my circumstances?

Will I ask Him for wisdom and guidance?

Will I trust Him to provide for my all needs, knowing that He knows best, that His thoughts toward me are those of a loving Father and believing that His resources are unlimited?

What will I choose today? Well, today, I choose to post this entry and reconsider the name of my blog. Today I choose to wash my face before I go to bed even though I am exhausted. Today I choose to go to bed soon, letting any "loose ends" around the house wait until morning.

Today I choose to believe that although I feel "out of sorts," God's Word is true:
1. His mercies are new every morning.
2. He will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are stayed upon Him.
3. He will give rest to my soul.

Today I will cast all my cares upon Him because He cares for me. I will believe the words of another song that is running through my mind (a proclamtion of truth):

I am Your beloved
Your creation
Yes, You love me as I am
You have called me chosen
For Your kingdom
Unashamed to call me Your own
I am Your beloved

Ahhh....How grateful I am for the love of God, the peace of God, the reality that He is with me always and will never leave nor forsake me. How thankful I am for the believers in my life who speak the Words of God to me and remind me of what is really true. I feel warm, safe, secure, and loved--like a baby cuddled up next to her mama, who sings her a lullaby and rocks her to sleep.

Thank You, Heavenly Father for Your sweet embrace. A holy hug. I receive your love for me.

"Today I choose to hear Your voice and live. Today I choose to follow You."