I woke up this morning and immediately started thinking about the choices that I needed to make today. I have a limited amount of time and money, so many decisions revolve around how to spend both wisely. With Christmas almost here, there are many places to spend money, things to do, and places to go. There is about twice as much to do that I can fit into my schedule, and easily four times more places to spend money than we can afford. So pick and choose. I have often been tempted to assign different options a number and then roll some dice to decide. That sounds sort of fun, in a weird way, but Patty wouldn’t go for it.

Wisdom knows what the best choice in every situation is, so I pray for wisdom every day, seek it diligently from many sources, and then when I can’t postpone any particular choice any longer, I pull the trigger, choosing the best that I know how and go from there.

There is a small lake in Yellowstone that has two exits. Water enters the lake from springs, and then half of the water exits on the East side and ends up in the Atlantic Ocean, and half exits on the West side and ends up in the Pacific Ocean.

Choices can be like that, a small choice that can be made in two different ways, with the result for each choice being as far apart as the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.

Mmmmmm maybe I should use the dice method, then I wouldn’t be responsible for the outcome.

By the way, speaking of choices, My brother Cliff, his wife Kathy, and I will ride our bicycles South through Oregon, into California, then into Nevada, then East into Utah, then North into Idaho, and then West back home. It is a 2400 mile loop and will take us 40 days. We were going to do it without a support vehicle, but now we have a 25-foot motorhome available to use, but we need someone to drive it. We are planning on leaving May 20th, email me at duke@jbc.church if you have any interest in having an adventure with me.