There are things we do in our lifetimes that change us. Not always for the better. We are free to choose, but we alone are responsible for the consequences of those choices. There are certain choices that we make that define us if we keep repeating them. It is our choices, and the depth of the damage we cause that determine who we are and, just as importantly, who stays or goes in our lives. If we wreak havoc on those we hold dear, we set in motion a domino effect that alters our present and our future course. It's the choices we make repeatedly, that cause breaks and brokenness. At that point, it is no longer a mistake. It is a moral character flaw. It says everything about who we are. When the results of the choices we make hurt another human being, we are guilty of changing them. That is a heavy burden to carry. Hurting others repeatedly speaks volumes. It says we value our desires and wishes above the good of others.
Sunday, January 14, 2018
The Breaks and the Broken
by Janet Elliott Brown
There are things we do in our lifetimes that change us. Not always for the better. We are free to choose, but we alone are responsible for the consequences of those choices. There are certain choices that we make that define us if we keep repeating them. It is our choices, and the depth of the damage we cause that determine who we are and, just as importantly, who stays or goes in our lives. If we wreak havoc on those we hold dear, we set in motion a domino effect that alters our present and our future course. It's the choices we make repeatedly, that cause breaks and brokenness. At that point, it is no longer a mistake. It is a moral character flaw. It says everything about who we are. When the results of the choices we make hurt another human being, we are guilty of changing them. That is a heavy burden to carry. Hurting others repeatedly speaks volumes. It says we value our desires and wishes above the good of others.
That goes against all that is good, right, and just. By repeating hurtful mistakes, we lose everything for the sake of self gratification. We begin to poison everyone and that poison bleeds into every gift that God created in us. It takes a strong will to conquer the selfish drive to get what we want. It takes heroic efforts to right our wrongs. And just like the repetitive mistakes that define us, we must repeatedly make the right choices to become again the person we are born to be.
There are things we do in our lifetimes that change us. Not always for the better. We are free to choose, but we alone are responsible for the consequences of those choices. There are certain choices that we make that define us if we keep repeating them. It is our choices, and the depth of the damage we cause that determine who we are and, just as importantly, who stays or goes in our lives. If we wreak havoc on those we hold dear, we set in motion a domino effect that alters our present and our future course. It's the choices we make repeatedly, that cause breaks and brokenness. At that point, it is no longer a mistake. It is a moral character flaw. It says everything about who we are. When the results of the choices we make hurt another human being, we are guilty of changing them. That is a heavy burden to carry. Hurting others repeatedly speaks volumes. It says we value our desires and wishes above the good of others.
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