A Personal Lesson in Choices

I am a very task oriented person. I’ve made lists since I was a little girl. I love being able to come back and check off the chore or assignment when it’s completed; it’s such a feeling of accomplishment! Yesterday I had a plan for the day, along with a long list of all that I was going to do. However, my daughter had needs, and I was the only one that could take care of them, so I did. My husband asked me to make a visit with him, so I did. My “to do” list lay flapping in the breeze of our busyness, unattended on the counter. There were no check marks to announce my accomplishments. Unbeknown to me, the Lord had written at the top of my list, “1. Learn the lesson of good choices.”

In the middle of the visit I thought, “I am choosing to make my husband my priority – no matter that this will keep me from doing what I had planned tonight.” I had to make a phone call and inform someone that I wouldn’t be able to do what I had promised them, but that I needed to care for my family instead.

I wish I could say that I’ve always done that, and with the right attitude; I haven’t. However, with the Lord teaching me recently how foolish the foolish woman’s ways are, that truth was right before my eyes, and I could only obey! The result? Joy! (Blessing never precedes obedience) Because I had to stay home last night, I was also able to fulfill a promise to my daughter that wouldn’t have been done otherwise. My list of “to do’s” are still waiting for me today, and with the Lord’s help and strength they will get taken care of in His timing. God’s plan is perfect and His way is always right. I know I can trust Him.