Choose Today

My favorite movie is "Gone With the Wind." What I love a lot about the movie and Miss Scarlet, she has several flaws. And one of her flaws she still has at the end of the movie. As the love of her life leaves her, she says I cannot think about that today, I will think about it tomorrow. She chooses to put things off and deal with it at another time. Why not choose today?

I want to ask you a question. Have you been reading this blog? Have you been changing your choices? Are you listening to God as he speaks and are you obeying? Or are you waiting? Do you choose to wait? Are you waiting for tomorrow or the next day? Are choosing to put it off? Why not choose today?

Today, you will choose:

1. To talk to God.
2. To read God's Word.
3. To smile.
4. To exercise.
5. To play and have fun.
6. To find joy in God.
7. To eat something healthy.
8. To take fifteen to twenty minutes and do a quick pick up of the house.
9. To discuss and pray about my kids week with my kids.
10. To focus on your blessings.

You already may be griping about the long list. You can talk to God in the car, home or office. I will have scripture for you to read. Smiling comes from finding joy in God and thinking of the blessings in your life. You can exercise and play with the kids while picking up the house. Turn the laundry hamper and toy box into a basketball goal and play away while picking up. You have to eat, just make sure to eat some veggies and fruit. Your kids are going to tell you about the drama of the day. Just lead the discussion on how you can pray for them and find teachable moments in the discussion. It is not hard. It does not take that much time or add anything to your list. Choose today. No more waiting until tomorrow like Miss Scarlet.

Here is a scripture you can use to praise God for who He is and what He has done.

Psalm 96
1 Sing to the LORD a new song;sing to the LORD, all the earth.
2 Sing to the LORD, praise his name; proclaim his salvation day after day.
3 Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples.
4 For great is the LORD and most worthy of praise; he is to be feared above all gods.
5 For all the gods of the nations are idols, but the LORD made the heavens.
6 Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and glory are in his sanctuary.
7 Ascribe to the LORD, O families of nations, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.
8 Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name;bring an offering and come into his courts.
9 Worship the LORD in the splendor of his holiness; tremble before him, all the earth.
10 Say among the nations, "The LORD reigns." The world is firmly established, it cannot be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity.
11 Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad; let the sea resound, and all that is in it;
12 let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them. Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy;
13 they will sing before the LORD, for he comes, he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in his truth.