The Day is Coming

The Day Is Coming

The Refuge of the Early Morning

Will Be Invaded By Decisions to Be Made

And Deadlines To Be Met

For The Next 12hrs I Will Be Exposed To Day's Demand

It Is Now I Must Make A Choice.

Because Of Calvary I'm Free to Choose

And so I Choose

I Choose Love

No Occasion Justifies Hatred;

No Injustice Warrants Bitterness.

I Choose Love

Today I Will Love God,

And What God Loves

I Choose Joy

I Will Invite My God to Be,

The God of Circumstance.

I Will Refuse the Temptation to Be Cynical...The Tool of the Lazy Thinker

I Will Refuse To See People as Anything Less

Than Human Beings, Created By God

I Will Refuse To See Any Problem as Anything Less

Than An Opportunity to See God

I Choose Peace

I Will Live Forgiven

I Will Forgive So That I May Live

I Choose Patience

I Will Overlook the Inconveniences of the World

Instead Of Cursing the One Who Takes My Place, I'll invite Him to Do So

Rather than Complain That the Wait Is Too Long,

 I Will Thank God For A Moment To Pray.

Instead Of Clenching My Fist at New Assignments,

I Will Face Them with Joy and Courage

I Choose Kindness

I Will Be Kind to the Poor

For They Are Alone

I Will Be Kind to the Rich

For They Are Afraid

And Kind to the Unkind

For Such Is How

God Has Treated Me

I Choose Goodness

I Will Go Without a Dollar Before,

I Take a Dishonest One.

I Will Be Overlooked, before I Will Boast

I Will Confess, before I Will Accuse

I Choose Goodness

I Choose Faithfulness

Today I Will Keep My Promises

My Debtors Will Not Regret Their Trust

My Associates Will Not Question My Word

My Wife Will Not Question My Love

And My Children Will Never Fear

That Their Father Will Not Come Home

I Choose Gentleness...

Nothing Is Won By Force, I Choose To Be Gentle.

If I Raise My Voice, May It Be Only In Praise.

If I Clench My Fist, May It Only Be In Prayer.

If I Make a Demand, May It Be Only Of Myself

I Choose Self Control

I'm A Spiritual Being

After This Body Is Dead, My Spirit Will Soar

I Will Refuse To Let What Will Rot Rule The Eternal.

I Will Be Drunk Only By Joy.

I Will Be Impassioned Only By My Faith

I Will Be Influenced Only By God

I Will Be Taught Only By Christ

If I Succeed, I Will Give Thanks.

If I Fail

I Will Seek His Grace

And Then, When This Day Is Done

I Will Place My Head on My Pillow and Rest

To these I commit to today

Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, Self Control

by Max Lucado