Choose Life, Sirach 14:14-17

We are now in the second day of the season of Lent and I am thinking, what can I do/sacrifice for God this season. I am committed to giving up coffee and I am already counting the days till my next cup. Yes, that is a sacrifice, but so typical.  I’ve been getting email updates from Beth Gaby who is organizing the 40 Days for Life Concord, and thinking about committing some time to join their prayer vigils.

Next, I was reading morning prayers from the Magnificant, and found this scripture from Sirach reach out to me (below).

Somehow people think that abortion, euthanasia, and any other way that a person takes the life of another person is ok. This mindset shows how far away from God’s Word people have drifted or been influenced by a culture that accepts atrocities as everyday events. People are so desensitized to the evil in the world. The Ten Commandments are not suggestions from God, they are our marching orders. Anyone who thinks they can pick and choose which commandments they feel like embracing, is seriously deceived. We do live in a society where the media feeds those lies to the masses. If the masses don’t know the Word of God and embrace God’s truths, they are blinded from what is good and right and holy. God gives us free will to choose life or death. Which will you choose?

Word of God

Sirach 14:14-17

God in the beginning created human beings

and made them subject to their own free choice.

If you choose, you can keep the commandments;

loyalty is doing the will of God.

Set before you are fire and water;

to whatever you choose, stretch out your hand.

Before everyone are life and death,

whichever they choose will be given them.

Choose Life!

God Bless

Paula