Encouraging Truths for Senior Living: Decide and Grow
By Doug Beyer, Atherton Resident since 2011

James 1:7-8
If you are like that, unable to make up your mind and undecided in all you do, you must not think that you will receive anything from the Lord.

Questions for reflection:

  • What important matters am I undecided about today?
  • What might God give me if I make up my mind?

 

Thought for today: 
In the movie, The Kingdom of God, Sybilla (Eva Green) points to a difference between Christianity and Islam: “Their prophet says ‘submit.’ Jesus says ‘decide.’”

“The purpose of Pascal´s examination of the question of whether God exists was to reveal the dominating importance of decision-making. Pascal differentiates between decision and belief. You cannot wake up one morning and decide, ‘Today I will believe in God,’ or ‘Today I will decide not to believe in God.’ You believe or you do not believe—that is in your gut, not your head. How you behave in life, however, is a decision that you can make. You can act as though God is or act as though God is not, no matter how you believe.” – Peter L. Bernstein

Decide to live today with the full assurance that God is with you, beside you, within you and ahead of you. You are surrounded by God. You couldn’t get away from him even if you tried. This key decision that we make and remake every day will deeply affect every other decision we make.