Deuteronomy 30:19

"I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:"
Deuteronomy 30:19


At times in our lives our choices seem unlimited... we are hopeful and filled with dreams and possibilities.  Other times we think our choices to be restricted, we lose hope and find dead ends all around us.  Today I see hope and choices... and thinking about this scripture, I think that they have always been there, only sometimes I choose not to see them.  I've heard people talk about hope as though it were a thing for the young... by that theory, when you grow up you lose those "illusions" of youth, and face reality... which is, seemingly, less hopeful and more restricted in terms of choices.  I know that it can feel that way at times, but it certainly is not truth.  Truth is in the scripture above.  We have life and death before us.  Blessing and cursing... hope and despair.  And every day we choose...  one or the other.  One direction opens our eyes and leads us to more choices and greater possibilities, and the other closes our eyes and hides choices and possibilities.  But no matter what, while we are here in this test, each direction is open to us, and the simplest things can turn us around.
The scary thing is that sometimes we start to believe that there are no other choices, that we have chosen our way into a black hole, and there will never be, and can never be, a way out.  Sometimes our minds are so set on death, we fail to see life.  We can start believing that we live in a Greek Tragedy when in fact we are destined for greater and happier things.  Today, wherever we are... let's open our eyes and see the life and the blessings set before us.  Feel the light of hope.  It is there, waiting for us to discern it.