Choices

My youngest Grandson plays basketball and I have often seen him double-teamed. One game recently, his team won 21 to 1. All 21 points on his team were made by him. His team doesn't win every game. I told him that when he is double-teamed, there is someone on his team that is open. He has played against teams that were larger and older than he and his teammates. And sometimes they lose. But they learn to fight for every point they get. Difficult battles can teach us skills. I thought about a pastor I follow on the internet. He made the statement that he reads the Bible from cover to cover every quarter.  I thought about that, is that even possible. Sometimes I stop to check things out. He is of Jewish background and in the Old Testament days, young Jewish boys would memorize the first five books of the Bible to try to get accepted as a student under a famous Rabbi.  There were choices to be made. I determined that reading through the Bible every quarter is a possibility, but it would require some discipline in my life to accomplish that. I'd have to give up something else that I spend my time on each day. It would be a choice. So many things in life are choices that we make. I made good choices and bad choice and I reap the benefits of the good choices and suffer the consequences of the bad choices. I need the determination to accomplish some difficult things in my life.  Sometimes those choices have life long benefits. I wanted to quit High School the day I turned 18. I had about 6 months of school left. I chose to stick it out and at least finish High School. I believe I have reaped the blessings of that decision even to this day. I turned my life over to God and it was a long journey but I believe I am reaping the benefits of that decision even to this day. I am overweight and it has consequences, I need to make hard choices to eat less and exercise more. It is really a simple formula but hard to do, Last few days I have been sick and it has been raining so I haven't been walking. Once this is over I will have to work hard to get my average steps in before this month is over. It is going to be hard. It is a choice I will make one way or the other.  Eating less doesn't depend on the rain, it just may be harder. eating smarter could help. Fewer sweets and coke. I love coke, I love ice cream, cookies and the list goes on. It is a choice that I will have to work hard at if I want to succeed. A lot of life comes down to the choices we make. Good and bad, I make both. God help me and God bless, LVZ.