The consequences of our choices

Morning: Psalm 72; Deuteronomy 31:30-32:14; 2 Corinthians 11:21b-33

Evening: Psalm 119:73-96; Luke 19:11-27

Were you ever set a task, and you knew you would feel badly if you accomplished nothing, so you chose to work hard at it? Or, maybe you felt incompetent, you were afraid of failing and chose to procrastinate so did poorly?  All of our choices have consequences, of course.  Jerusalem – indeed the whole earth – is not yet the city of Peace Jesus longed for it to be, because of the choices we humans make. The Gospel expresses Jesus’s longing for us to choose well, and to seek the help we need, because he wants us to do well.