by jadegil6 » Fri Feb 12, 2010 12:17 am
I have to agree with you that life is about choices. A few weeks ago, a young lady member made a comment which basically said that everything has been decided for us in advance by God, and that we are just acting out a predetemined destiny. I do not agree with her assessment of life. I think we all have 'free will". We have the ability to choose, and our decisions affect and determine what happens to us in our lives.
If everything was predetermined for everyone, then why would God make a man a serial killer who would take the lives of innocent people? That evil person made the choice to be evil. God did not make him that way. When we pray for God to guide us, and we seek His influence in our lives, then we become closer to Him. When we praise Him in worship, then we probably try to act in ways that we think will please Him. If we make the decision to better our relationship with God, then that decision leads us to be closer to Him. We were free to choose. He did not force us to choose that path.
None of us are perfect. We are all sinners. We all make mistakes. But our God is a forgiving God, and if we ask for His forgiveness, and accept Christ as our Savior, then we will be forgiven. That is also a choice that we are free to make.