We can’t choose how or when we die, but we can choose how we live. Difficult situations often expose strengths we didn’t even know we had. If we don’t intentionally choose how to live our lives, we’re actually choosing to let our lives be driven by circumstances. Everything in our life is a reflection of a choice we’ve made. We must make the choice to take the chance if we want anything in life to change.
No matter how things look or feel in this moment, make the decision that you will not give up on creating a different life for yourself. Learn. Grow. Talk and listen to God. Your life has great meaning—otherwise, you wouldn’t be here. So don’t give up.
We will never live beyond what we believe. And if what we believe is a lie, it will affect how we think, behave, and make choices. Life is a matter of choices, and every choice we make shapes us. We are the sum total of our decisions. We always have a choice—some are just much harder than others. The hardest decisions in life aren’t between good and bad, or right and wrong, but between two goods or two rights.
We do have choices. Often, we fall back on the excuse, “I had no choice,” which is usually just a way to avoid responsibility. In truth, we have more options than we realize. The freedom is ours—always. If change requires us to take a chance and make a choice, then it’s also true that if we don’t take the chance, we are choosing not to change.
God has a purpose for each of us, and no one can thwart it—except us. God will give us what we need, but we must choose to use it. What we do matters. To do anything less than our best is to run away from life—not just our own life, but the life God has planned for us, and the gift we are meant to bring into the world. That doesn’t have to feel like a burden. It can be a privilege. It challenges us to connect and calls us to learn the importance of getting comfortable being uncomfortable.
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