Tricky Business in Regards to Life Choices

Today I argue with myself as to what is sound and what is shaken in our world. There is so many choices to make in this life alone, not even mentioning the day by day decisions that must be made. To what end does this constant barrage of choice lead to peace, and more so a conclusion? I guess that depends really..? Some people believe that when one has a peace about a choice made it must have been the right one. Well is it? I'm not sure.. I think there is a tricky business to peace. Is the peace we feel about our life choices really true peace? Or is it merely a selfish band-aid that feeds our pride just enough to numb the mind to such a degree as to numb the conscience? Ah the tricky business of self reflection, the mirror effect. I know its very much unpopular to make someone take a step back and see what the truth is, especially if someone is wrong, and made a choice based on receiving the band-aid and not the true peace. I believe I know this place very well. I think I have invested much in the first aid kit collections. The right or wrong choice is what I'm getting at. I believe it to be so vitally important to self reflect on choices we make in order to see our motive, and also to see the end result of such choices. This is not meant to single the world out against perfect me, that couldn't be farther from my intention. I think this is for me, and I talk in third person to help myself grab perspective. I pray you take something from this, if this is for you.

Here is what is hard about the band-aid; the band-aid numbs the mind, but only for so long doesn't it? The band-aid was never meant to cover the wound (mistake) forever, its simply design to be a temporary relief until something real such as skin can grow back. Unfortunately most people take this concept of the metaphoric and apply to the physical. Some people use time as the facade of healing, when really what is going on under the band-aid is septic, and will cause the gangrene of the soul. It doesn't work does it? The fact remains the band-aid needs to come off and real truth must be accepted as it stands in order to receive the true peace. I don't know about you, but the last time I pulled a band-aid off a bad wound it really hurts! Then you have to see the wound for what it is, and then clean it out and start the healing process from the beginning. I guess that seems to be life's process to show us that we never should have used it in the first place, because it does come at a price.

I guess my challenge to you that read this, as well as to myself, is:
Does the life choices we make good or bad produce true peace? or do they put on the band-aid of false peace which is a numb conscience established by pride? Discover.. and if you find that your a lot deeper into the numbing than you could ever imagine, then that's OK! really.. It all has to start somewhere, it may be painful, and when you pull the band-aid off you may not like how the wound has become worse then you could ever have imagined. its still OK, just start there. Look to God for the healing, and ask Him to bring the true peace into your life. This starts with the right choices. I want to choose a life style of choices that bring true peace, and I hope you do to.