It’s early Thursday morning and everyone is still asleep. The coffee is brewing, the sun has yet to come up, and my day will be a busy one. I grab a pen and notebook and write down my agenda for the day and, it starts with something I do not want to do. My reason? I lost something I wanted to share with the church family on Sunday. Maybe I could blame it on my grandkids or even the company I had that day.

But at that very moment, I knew I should be in the Word and prayer. So, I opened my Bible and this verse stood out so very clear! “finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good report, if there is anything excellent or praiseworthy, think on these things.”

And so, the Lord Himself was telling me I had a choice. My choice was righteousness, and honor and doing and sharing only truth, (or I could use the blame game). And then my heart again smiled! I knew it would be okay with the Lord and all concerned. I would think truth, I would think honor and what was right.

We will all face mornings like this. Life will not always give us easy choices. But God’s word will teach, and help us follow Him and His Holy Spirit! It can be hard and sometimes even messy, but God will always show us the way. For He tells us: I Am the way, the truth, the life!