“We can love the world, or love God. If we love the world, there will be no room in our heart for the love of God. We cannot love both God, who is eternal, and the world, which is transitory.” — St. Augustine of Hippo

Deuteronomy 30:15-20 NLT 15 “Now listen! Today I am giving you a choice between life and death, between prosperity and disaster. 16 For I command you this day to love the LORD your God and to keep his commands, decrees, and regulations by walking in his ways. If you do this, you will live and multiply, and the LORD your God will bless you and the land you are about to enter and occupy.

17 “But if your heart turns away and you refuse to listen, and if you are drawn away to serve and worship other gods, 18 then I warn you now that you will certainly be destroyed. You will not live a long, good life in the land you are crossing the Jordan to occupy.

19 “Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you would choose life, so that you and your descendants might live! 20 You can make this choice by loving the LORD your God, obeying him, and committing yourself firmly to him. This is the key to your life. And if you love and obey the LORD, you will live long in the land the LORD swore to give your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

Not much commentary from me this morning to start the work week.  I believe Moses’ message speaks very clearly today as it did back then.

However, I will offer that it’s a pretty simple choice…at least in my mind and heart.  Yet, I realize that for some, this is a difficult one. I guess to be fair, at an earlier time in my life, it wasn’t such an easy choice.  Basically, because I wanted to do what I wanted to do. I wanted to be in control of my life and I didn’t want anyone or any idea to tell me what I could and could not do.

Needless to say, life or this world has it’s way of showing you just how little control you do have or may think you have.

Of course there are those who would disagree with me and believe that with enough education, resources, determination, effort, right opportunities, talent and abilities, one can create a life of their dreams.

Maybe that is true.  But is it ETERNAL?

God bless and have a wonderful day that God has blessed you with.