CHOICES

by Danna Shirley

            Life is a path. For some it is already well-worn, for others their footsteps barely leave an imprint. One can have the best home, the best parents, the best childhood, the best future and still choose to follow the wrong path. One can grow up in poverty, neglect, and mistreatment and still choose to follow the path that leads to happiness and success.

Everyday we have laid before us a path of choices . . .

. . . to do good or evil

      . . . to live a wholesome life or a destructive one

            . . . to pursue an education or be a dropout

                  . . . to have a productive life or be a vagrant

                        . . . to be chaste and pure or promiscuous

                              . . . to walk in integrity or in deceit
                                     . . . to walk in health or sickness

Examine yourself.  Have you chosen well in some areas and failed in others? 

            On whatever path you may find yourself, it is never too late to begin walking in righteousness but much wiser to begin younger rather than older. 

            It is better to start out on the right path than to find your way back from the confusion and chaos of a poorly chosen life.

I encourage you to set your foot on the path of . . .

. . . goodness

      . . . decency

            . . . purity

                  . . . integrity

                        . . . health

                              . . . intellect

                                    . . . and productivity

The choice is yours!