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Posted byRenee Srch

“Mary has chosen what is better,

and it will not be taken away from her.”

Luke 10:42 (NIV)

Another Christmas come and gone. A new year awaits. It will combine challenges and blessings. I choose to focus on the blessings, cherishing each one as a hand-crafted gift from my heavenly Father. I also choose to accept the hard times as opportunities to grow, to cultivate patience, kindness, compassion, and trust.

Choices; they impact who I am as a person. Some can change the course of my life for a moment or forever. I can struggle against them or welcome them as God-given assignments intended to develop within me a teachable mind and a gracious spirit.

Choices will abound throughout this coming year. The manner in which I respond suggests who I am as a person and whose I am as God’s child. Like Mary, may I choose devotion over distraction. May I choose balance over busyness. May I discern the difference between responsibilities and priorities. May I choose love over hatred or selfish ambition. May I choose mercy over indifference. May I choose gentleness over harsh words. May I choose humility over selfish pride. May I choose Christ over anything or anyone that makes me a lesser witness of His divine grace.

May my choices in this coming year cause His light to shine ever brighter in me.

Thought: “The remarkable thing is, we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day.” – Chuck Swindoll

For further reading:

  • Hebrews 11:25
  • Psalm 119:30
  • Joshua 24:15
  • 1 Kings 3:9

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Born to an American father and a British mother, Renée Srch grew up in France where she obtained her French Baccalaureate. She attended IBME in Switzerland, graduating with a degree in Missions and Theology. She is a wife, a mother to three boys, and a critter mom to two rescue dogs and fourteen rescue cats. Renée has led and taught writing workshops through the Ozarks Chapter of American Christian Writers and is currently a member of the Springfield Writer’s Guild and Sleuth's Ink, in Springfield, Mo. Renée has published thirteen books under her given name. She also writes suspense novels under pen name R.J. Dawkins. She writes across genres and for all age groups. Her brand is Wholesome Books for the Whole Family. Besides her own books, she has contributed to four Chicken Soup for the Soul books, two anthologies, and published numerous magazine articles. She has received several awards, among which was an award from Writer’s Digest for her personal essay, Treasures from the Sea, and Global Library Award and Book Cover Award for Miracle Moments; Helping the Rescued Become the Rescuers. Her children’s book, It’s Dark in the Ark, was a number one bestseller on Amazon. You can learn more about her work at www.ReneeVajkoSrch.com, https://www.facebook.com/ReneeVajkoSrch