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in one place their life long. Others
drift with the tides. Higher ami
mails like dogs and horses make
some choices; but only man makes.
or can make, the
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of decisions that s$s'
every man makes. ~.
and only man can
make choices that ssS3;s$
have the far-rang- ~ 3sS
ing results that hui A
man choices some-
times have. A dog
does not decide - - -
what time he will DR.. Foreman
get up; but man sets an alarm
clock. A dog does not select his
breakfast; man does Tor would like
to-. A human being decides what TO
wear. where to work. whom to mar
ry whether to have children.
whether to be good citizen or no
citizen at all. He selects school or
college. he selects his friends, he
picks out lot in the cemetery. he
makes Will Man is the choosing
animal And he is this because he
is more than body. He is mind and
soul.
When Choices Are Important
Everybody knows that some
choices are more important than
others. At least everybody should
know this; but for some reason,
people will put more thought into
triiling decisions than they do into
big ones. People need to learn what
is important and what is not. A
woman who had had a nervous
breakdown told the writer that it
all started when she couldn't make
up her mind which of two hats to
buy. One was only one dollar more
than the other and she could af-
ford the dollar But she actually lay
awake all night worrying about
whether she had a moral right to
spend that extra dollar when there
were so many people in the world
So she worried herself right into a
sanitarium because she built up a
trifling decision into Terrific
Problem. What makes a choice inn
portant? Surely choice that lasts
a long time is more important than
one that makes a difference only a
few hours or days. a choice that
affects ones whole life is more inn
portant than one that affects only
one part of it. A choice that lasts
beyond this life into the next.
choice for eternity. is surely the
most important of all
Choosing Christ
Becoming a Christian can be de-
scribed in various ways: one OF the
most meaningful is choosing
Christ Jesus himself used to say
Believe in me- or Follow me-"
which mean much the same thing.
Choosing, or believing in Christ, is
much more than just adding GER
tain beliefs to whatever else you
happen to believe. 1t is more than
adding one more person to list Of
persons you already admire. Choos-
ing Christ is a far more profound
hing. Real choice Of Christ in
wolves turning about of the whole
personality. The captain of ship
headed north does not merely be-
'ievc that North exists: he heads
he ship that way. he keeps it NOV
ng toward the north star SO a
)erson who chooses Christ does
not simply believe that he exists.
NJ that he is Son of God. He
turns the helm Of his life toward
him. he keeps moving in the d.
rection of Christ the Morning
Star" II that rich young man
whom Jesus loved had followed in
stead Of turning away, who knows
what a changed man he would have
been? We do know that the dishon-
est CRATER Zacchaeus. a man Of
whom his nelghborS could have eX-
pected little good, once he let Jesus
into his life, was a radically differ
cnt man.
Time and Eternity
Choice for Christ is choice for
a lifetime; SO is choice against him.
1t is not choice you make once
and that an end of it, 1t is a choice
that has to be made again and
again day by day Every day
brings you some moment of de-
cision. where the way you decide
is really a choice for Christ or
against him. Deciding for Christ
affects all your other decisions
For now you are his. and all your
LIES course is steered by his star.
More than this: decision for Christ
is choice for Eternity You enter
/ the life beyond as hisfriend, or not
his friend. He is the Light of the
world To turn from him is to
choose the dark There are only
two roads through life: with him.