Praying over a hard decision
I read The Next Right Thing by Emily P. Freeman this past week. It was good timing, since I'm poised to make several decisions that I don't know how to make. Life decisions are mostly good/good decisions, aren't they? Not good/bad (which would be way easier). What is the next right thing that we should do today? Just do that. Let's start with a prayer. Oh, Lord, I have a decision to make. I really don't know what to do. The choices are both good, one clearly benefits me more. Does that make it worse than the other? I want to glorify you and bring you honor. Show me what to do, and I'll do it. And if it doesn't matter-- please give me peace about one of the choices. I love you. Amen. "So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do...