For Every Choice We Make...

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Many of us who know him, have the privilege of watching/walking beside/praying for

 this dear man, Richard Haverkamp, (author of the above book)

caring for his beloved wife, who suffers from dementia, 

and is now in a long-term care facility, but he still spends most of every day with her

and is finding beneath this heavy load, The God who is (still) real!!

He has chosen to be faithful for better or worse, 

for rich or poor, 

in sickness and in health

till doth doth part! 

He is proving to her that loves her with all his heart!

Please pray for his strength and encouragement!

It makes me re-evaluate my choices;

how they reflect who I most love! 

Do I honor God by loving those well that He has placed in my life?

With every choice there is a 'consequence/recompense'.

May we strive to be conscientious as we speak

through the voice of choice!

For we either honor God with our choices, or dishonor Him! 

For every choice we make there is a sacred price to pay

For better or for worse we bless or curse the gifted day

With thought and word and deed we heed or disregard the Hand

That stays the stars and splays the bars of dawn by His command

The sacred voice of choice reveals the heart of you and I

It proves who we love most without word-clout to clarify/justify

For better or for worse we bless or curse the Hand that grants

Goodness and mercy for each reason-seasoned circumstance

The winding Path of Aftermath runs through our do-and-say

For every choice we make there is a sacred price to pay

How often we forget, as we are met with ‘me or Thee/thee’

For every choice we make love takes responsibility

© Janet Martin

Romans 14:11-13

For it is written:

“As I live, says the Lord,

Every knee shall bow to Me,

And every tongue shall confess to God.”

12So then each of us shall give account of himself to God.

13Therefore let us not judge one another [d]anymore,

 but rather resolve this, not to put a stumbling block 

or a cause to fall in our brother’s way.