OPTIONS

     Have you ever felt as though your life was out of control?  You've felt that the situation you were in was so bad nothing could get you out of it?  And of course everyone else was in control of your life and you could not change your circumstance?  You had no options? 

     Let me share with you some thoughts from Drs. Henry Cloud and John Townsend in their book It's Not My Fault:

     "You are never without options. That is the nature of God's creation. Yes, we may be dealt a certain hand of cards, but we choose how to play them. . . God has given you a creative will, and he gives you open doors to find a way out of any situation.  Listen to the words 0f Solomon (Proverbs 11:9 NIV): With his mouth the godless destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous escape.

     Or the words of Paul:

        No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he     will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it. (1 Corinthians 10:13 NIV, emphasis added)

     God promises that there is no such thing as "no way out." When we seek God, he will provide some way to escape whatever it is that ensnares us . . .

     . . . A choice is there. It may not be the one they wanted, but there is always a viable option available."

     So take time to ask God His will in your life and what the options are that are in line with that will?

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