One thing I've been thinking about since reading through the slide show is one particular question:
Are the simple choices we make on a daily basis really trivial and revocable? Can you give some examples of an apparently simple choice that ended up causing major life changing consequences?
Are the simple choices we make on a daily basis really trivial and revocable? Can you give some examples of an apparently simple choice that ended up causing major life changing consequences?
I couldn't answer that question when reading through it for the first time, nor when we had a class discussion on it the next day. The idea of a simple choice doing so much for a while really just didn't make sense to me. I am still not sure I can think of anything that really has major life changing consequences, but large consequences I can definitely see. Even just tonight I was confronted by a couple of friends that were upset that I hadn't mad time for them over Christmas break. Through a couple of simple choices I had made, it left no time for those friends, and I didn't think too much on the matter. That was a seriously poor choice, and has to do with one of the most important things I think we can learn from The Screwtape Letters.
I almost lost those friends just from a series of simple choices that really emotionally hurt them. I really want to stress this word because in the same way that deceiving and miniature temptations are better at leading us to a sinful life, choices that may seem simple can be far more than what they appear at first glance. Acknowledging the importance of good will in every minute will help us to make wise choices. Thinking about every decision you make before you make it will allow less room for deception and evil to creep into our lives.
I really can't say this enough after the experience I just had, and I took my time thinking about whether or not this was actually worth blogging. As an avid debater, emotion is something that should not dictate a majority of your argument, and I was worried that it would happen here. After staring at the computer screen thinking things over, it couldn't feel like a more clear point. It is so simple to ask God for guidance on difficult decisions, and life changing ones too, and to pass of simple decisions as something we don't need to worry about and can handle on our own. This is exactly what the Enemy wants. To Divide and Conquer.
2 comments:
Thanks for sharing your experience. Sometimes logic is not always the best argument and I think helps because it is something other people have likely gone through or will go through. We can ask God for guidance on simple decisions because He wants us to place our whole life in His hands.
In response to the question of does the choices we make in everyday life matter. I would say yes sort of, because I don't think much about the daily choices however because of this I have been bent to the ideals of people around me because i'm following the crowd.
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