As we view life according to Scripture and Church teaching, we often find ourselves facing choices. Shall we conduct our lives as the world around us says and does and counsels.... or will we live "through the grille?" God has given us free will; He doesn't treat us like puppets.
In essence, two ways of life lie before us. The world's way or God's way? Day by day, we are given opportunities to repent, to grow, to change direction. Day by day, the choice is ours.
"Be intent on things above rather than on things of earth. After all, you have died! Your life is hidden now with Christ in God. When Christ our life appears, you shall appear with Him in glory. Put to death whatever in your nature is rooted in earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desires, and that lust which is called idolatry. These are the sins which provoke God's wrath. Your own conduct was once of this sort, when these sins were your very life. You must put that aside now: all the anger and quick temper, the malice, the insults, the foul language. Stop lying to one another. What you have done is put aside your old self with its past deeds and put on a new man, one who grows in knowledge as he is formed anew in the image of his Creator." (Colossians 3:2-10)
Painting: Gustav Jagerspacher Der Zweifler 1921
