Two Choices, Two Paths

Two choices, that is what it comes down to when your life, on this earth, is ended. Heaven or hell. It does not matter whether, in this life you lived upon the earth, if you were a famous actor, a singer, a reporter, a doctor, a lawyer, a preacher, an ordinary person ( just as I am and so many others are), or who or what your profession in this life is or was. What matters is how you lived the life that God allowed you to live. Was it in His service or did you serve self and others for your own benefit? Did you do things for your own glory or did you do things for God's glory?

The talents/gifts each one of us has was given to us by God. We too often take those talent/gifts for granted or think that we , our self, are something special, above other people, because we have a gift/talent that others do not have. Yes, we do work to fine tune/hone the talents/gifts that we have but God is the one who gave us that gift/talent and put the desire for us to use that gift and talent to the best of our ability within us. We are supposed to use any gift/talent that we have for God's glory not for our own. All we do we are supposed to do for God's glory. If it were not for God/Father Creator/ Jesus Christ then you would not have breath to breathe so you would not be able to use the gift/talent, that God/Jesus/Father Creator blest you with, if it were not for God. Do not say I did this I am a great man/woman. Say instead God allowed me to be an actor, a singer, a doctor, a lawyer, a preacher and so on and I praise Him and give Him the glory. It is not us who deserves the praise, the honor, and glory. It is God who deserves the praise, the honor, and glory. Never take for granted what God has blest you with for in the blink of an eye it could all be taken away from us.

Anything we do, we need to praise God in it and for it. Give Him the glory. The next time you start to say," see what I did", stop and think. It is not " I" who did this but it is God who gave me the ability to do this and is allowing me to do this that deserves the praise, the honor, and the glory. We are to use our talents/ gifts for Him and in His service, not for self and self service. Did you know that our deeds will be tried in the fire to see if they will stand the test? Did you do what you did for God or for self? Now you may say to yourself I did this for God but it truth did you actually do it for self because you like to hear people praise you and say to you, " Wow that was such a great thing you did. You were awesome in doing that. That was so nice." Do you, when someone says this to you, say," thank you I have worked so hard to be able to do this or thank you I did this because I am a Christian, thank you I did this because I felt it was the right thing, the best thing to do." Instead of putting the emphasis on I, we should be putting the emphasis on God/Jesus/Father Creator. Next time when someone gives you a compliment or says something about a good deed you did give God the glory and honor due Him, do not give that honor and glory to self instead. You can always see that God has given you the opportunity to serve Him and share Him in all you do if you truly are His child. Say instead next time " Thank You, I give God the praise for blessing me to be able to help", " I give God the praise for He has blest me with this talent/gift to use to bring Him honor and glory and it is He, not I, Who deserves the praise, the honor, and the glory for without Him I would be nothing and I am as nothing."

Use that gift/talent to bring God the praise, the honor, and the glory, for we are supposed to use our gift/talents for Him and in His service not for self gain or self glory. That is where we fall into the devil's trap, when we start to think of our self as someone big, self importance. We are nothing without God/Jesus/Father creator. This is what hurts me to my soul and heart is that so many , every day they live, think of them self as someone big, self important and do not take the time to honor God in their day or to thank Him for all He has blest them with. So many go on in their lives not caring for others or for God, thinking they, them self, are in control and they can use that gift/talent to serve self and self glory. How much time did you give God today? Anything you give more time to than God is ruling your life.

Don't you realize that when your life ends upon this earth there will only be two alternatives? Heaven or hell. Each one of us every day are faced with choosing Heaven or hell. It is just that some do not see this, for their eyes have been blinded, their ears have been shut up, and their hearts have become hardened for they serve self and not God. What are your earthly treasures, your gold, your silver, your awards, your titles, your self works going to get you in the end? Nothing for they will all fade away, they will rust, rot, and decay. They will not stand the test of God. They will be destroyed in the fire when our deeds are tried by fire, for they were done for self glory not for God's glory. Do not seek your praises among mankind. As it says in His written Word, the Holy Bible, lay up your treasures in Heaven. Choose to praise and honor God not self for when your life end comes, the treasures upon this earth will stand as naught, only the treasures you have laid up in Heaven and for the glory of God will stand and remain. I encourage you to examine your life and see what treasures you have truly laid up. Do you have treasures laid up in heaven or are your treasures of the earthly sort? When it is all said and done , in this life, did you truly serve God/Jesus/Father Creator or did you serve self for your own glory and honor? It is not too late to turn your life around and serve God and use your talents/gifts to bring God/Jesus/Father Creator the praise, the honor and the glory that are due Him.

So will your works stand the test of God? Will they make it through the fire refined and showing his reflection? Or will your deeds reflects elf and destruction? Remember that God/ Jesus/Father Creator knows each one of our hearts and He knows who we truly serve, whether it is He whom we serve or whether we serve self. The choice is yours to make every moment of every day. Which of the two choices do you daily choose? Which of the two paths do you daily walk down? Ponder these questions and pray for God to guide you on your way. Remember He is always with you just waiting for you. He is always watching and He knows our hearts and whom we truly serve. Two choices. Two paths. Which one have you chosen?

Matthew 6:19-24

19)Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

20) But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal

21) For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

22) The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.

23) But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

24) No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

God Answers Prayers

Praising the Lord for letting my daughter's cat, Sephiroth be okay. Someone ran over him yesterday while I was looking out the window. I saw the whole thing and the person just sped off when I ran out the door waving them down. I even ran after them down the road , they braked then they went on. I know they saw me. I called the police and reported it. We located Seph under our outbuilding and I took him to the vet. The kiddo's and I prayed on the way to the vet that Seph would be okay. Thankfully all Seph got was a scraped hind leg with two gouge marks on it. He is in the house and we have him on antibiotics for a week.



God cares for His creations, all of them. Remember what it says in the Bible about God even notes when the sparrow falls. For those of you who intentionally harm animals think twice before you do it cause God is watching and He takes note of what you are doing to His creatures. Accidents happen but when you speed away knowing you ran over an animal that is someone's pet that is not right, especially when that person saw it happen and you know they were trying to flag you down. That animal is part of someone's family, not just a pet, not just an animal, but a family member. I forgive you ( I hope you did not mean to run over Sephiroth, even though you sped up and swerved towards him, I forgive you). If you run over someone's pet have the decency to stop and speak with them and let them know you did not mean to run over their pet, offer your apology, offer to pay the vet bill, that is the least you could do instead of speeding away as if the pet was nothing.



My daughter is still hurting because of this happening. She may be 20 but she knows the hurt that people can cause to others. I have to use this as a lesson in forgiveness to her and her younger brother who is 12. The Lord tells us that if we do not forgive others than He will not forgive us. Sometimes it is hard to forgive when you are the recipient of the hurt but you can forgive and release the hurt to God/Jesus Christ/ Father Creator. He knows your pain and your heartache and He can bear it more than you or I can. So I encourage each one that has been hurt, whether intentionally or unintentionally, by another to forgive and to give it over to the Lord. You'll feel better in the long run for when you hold onto hurts, unforgiveness, and grudges you are hurting yourself as you are allowing yourself to be held captive by your emotions and by the person who has caused you to have these feelings.



You have the power, through Jesus Christ, to be free from all of that. Let go and let God be in control of it all, as He truly is the One who is in control of it all. Sometimes things happen to see how we will react to that situation. We are all daily tested and being refined into whom God wants us to be as silver is refined in the furnace.