think before you act - wise decisions

When we make decisions, we should always do it out of love and let others make their own decisions.  I say that because either the decision would be right or wrong, that person will have to deal with the consequences.  We should always be wise though and think before we act.

Sometimes we allow other people to influence us in our decision making but in reality we need to make our own decisions.  We all know what’s good for us and at the end of the day, whatever we choose, will be on us.

I’m saying all of this because if we make wise decisions out of love, we may not have consequences later.  I think we put a lot on ourselves.  Life is already stressful at times so let’s not make it harder than it is on our journey.

If someone tells you to do something that you know is not in your best interest, you need to not listen to that and if that person doesn’t want to be in your life, move on.  God is about love and we already have things in our lives to deal with so we don’t need more trials if we can prevent them. 

God said pick up the cross and walk with me so that means sacrifice and courage.  He helps us to make decisions on our journey through The Word and Prayer but we have to maintain our relationship with him and accept his Grace to even know what to do.  (Good decisions come from wisdom)  Sometimes we try and go the easy route by making decisions that make us or others feel good. It’s not about us or others but about building The Body of Christ. 

Also, when we make good and wise decisions, we help ourselves and others as well.  When we make wise decisions, people may be mad or it may appear to be not good but if it’s a wise decision out of love, it will benefit all.

I’m going to leave you with this.  Sometimes when we make decisions we make the wrong ones but we have to remember that we're not perfect.  We just have to always try and make wise decisions.  It’s not about the mistake that we make but about how we learn and bounce back from it.  Please make wise decisions so your tomorrow won’t affect your today.

Amen