Choices

Be careful, don’t shoo away the Dove –
For He comes to teach you love.

Make room in your life for His love, making your heart His home; doing so allows Him to restore your soul and guide you in your journey...

A choice made... you will not be sorry.

His love is real, His Word full of power. Learn how to live within

His boundaries, His love, His will to be done.

To rejoice and flourish, giving Him all the glory.

Every minute of every day we choose whom

we shall serve... by the choices that we make.

Rest in His peace, but be on guard –

For the enemy still lives as a fraud,

always on the take.

Help us Lord to stay awake and always pray...
“Help me Lord, to be the friend You see in me to be,
A friend that You have been to me.”


© Sheri * May 2010

About the “Choices” poem...

Since we have been created to worship God, the choices we make in our lives will determine how intimate our relationship with Him will be. When we seek to know God, He will reveal Himself truly.

We are responsible in working out our salvation in becoming the person He has called us to be, and in order to do that, we must learn of His boundaries. Even though He loves us unconditionally, He has set limits and boundaries for us to dwell in; to keep us safe and for us to flourish in His love. He will never force Himself upon us, so surrendering our brokenness unto Him is necessary...to be restored through His loving grace, which enables us to love ourselves within the boundaries He has given us...something we must learn to do so we can love others truly.

His Word is food for our spirit, something we must partake in continuously to stay nourished. Just reading His Word is not enough though. In order for His seed to grow within us, we need to let Him guide us in our actions, to be proactive in our choices, a lifelong process.

God has inspired many people who seek Him to reveal His love, those that know His Word. It is our responsibility to make sure what we feed into ourselves lines up with His Word, so we will not be deceived, for the enemy comes to steal and can work through us unwittingly; we must continue to be on guard.

Living in His peace is something we will experience the more we abide in Him, getting to know Him and what His will for our lives is all about, giving glory to God.

Painting done in 2011. Trying to replace some of my prior Googled images with my own paintings: )