In our ordinary busy day-to-day activities, most of us just plod along doing what we always do, happily or not. In our younger days we had the opportunity to point the direction our lives would take. Few considered whether or not they had a choice in this. Many young folks had very high aspirations: pro football star, head of giant corporation, airline pilot, super model, etc. And, why not! It's good to reach for the best! Why don't more of us try for the best? What limits us?
Well, for one thing, LIFE limits us! We realize we don't have what it takes or choose other things important to us instead. The bottom line is, if we choose ONE thing, we give up other choices. This is simpler than how it sounds. When I married at age twenty, I quit college and (without hardly any thought at all!) gave up majoring in Chemistry and discovering something new and important. But I wanted to raise a family of children; I have never regretted that choice.
It is somewhat disturbing to me that so many young people I know have no plans beyond "having fun," relationship hopping in the process. If they can get a decent job, earn enough to support themselves in a lifestyle of parties and travel, that is their plan for the rest of their lives. They really have no intention of doing anything important with their lives, just "party."
However, they are getting what they choose, what they ask for. It seems that a life of sex and alcohol (I hope there's no drugs) is very empty to me but that is their choice. Why aim low? Life can be so much more exciting than endless parties!! I pray they find that out before it's too late to escape - or before they ruin their health. Really, you get what you ask for!
Dear Lord, when it's the right time in our lives, please help us make wise choices, the choices You would have us make. Help us guide our young people and inspire them with our choices!
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