Verse of the Day - Psalm 119:30

I have chosen the way of truth; I have set my heart on your laws. ~ Psalm 119:30 (NIV)

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We like to think we're pretty smart, don't we? We pride ourselves on our higher education and civilized ways . . . but we are so often duped and deceived. How can we not see the truth, huh?

For all our supposed savviness, we choose the way of the lie over and over and over again . . .

~ Recreational drugs and alcohol won't hurt me...
~ It's not cheating if I'm just having virtual sex in an on-line chat room...
~ I can text message and drive just fine...

Real life has a piercing way of revealing real truth, doesn't it? If you don't think so, just ask a drug addict or alcoholic. Talk to the promiscuous man or woman picking up the pieces of a dissolved marriage. Interview the distracted text-messaging accident victim who can't feel their legs. Real truth doesn't lie.

So, since we can't help but admit that our discernment compass has a serious case of spiritual EMI (electromagnetic interference), we need to consciously choose God's ways, knowing that His ways are perfect and righteous and lead to life...not the slow and painful (or quick and tragic) death of Satan's lies.

Choosing God's ways is a choice for life and peace and joy. Any other choice in life is a costly ticket to the long running spiritual show, "The Art of Deception". Trust me -- despite being a box office hit, it's not what it's cracked up to be. Everyone who leaves that proverbial theatre leaves the worse for wear! (I know you can say 'amen' to that, because we've all seen that flick innumerable times...)

Choose life, that you might live
the life that He gives
He gives you forever
Choose life, the way that is true
from the one who chose you
your Father in Heaven
. . . Choose life.
~ from Choose Life, by Big Tent Revival

Love,
Joelene