How we should live....

Recently I posted this to my facebook........I was just thinking about how spontaneous we make decisions.....sometimes without thinking, let alone without asking God what He wants or our husbands how they feel. Our decisions effect everyone....good or bad, and sometimes God isn't pleased with our decision.

 I have found alot of times... things I have done....if my husband would have done them, it would offend me, I don't hold myself to the same standards. I have to ask myself, if he did this very thing I am going to do, how would I feel? It all goes back to the golden rule....

I believe there were some misunderstandings on what I meant....I hope this helps.

Matthew 7:12
So then, whatever you desire that others would do to and for you, even so do also to and for them, for this is (sums up) the Law and the Prophets.
Our decisions will effect our husbands, kids, families, church and even our friends! Our future can be altered in seconds...we need to be careful not to be selfish and to be sure we are doing what God wants us to. SOMETIMES WE WILL MAKE DECISIONS THAT NO ONE WILL AGREE WITH, BUT GOD HAS TOLD US THIS IS THE WAY... AND TO WALK IN IT.

Galatians 5:16 (Amplified Bible)
But I say, walk and live [habitually] in the [Holy] Spirit [responsive to and controlled and guided by the Spirit]; then you will certainly not gratify the cravings and desires of the flesh (of human nature without God).
We don't live on an island....alone, everything thing we do effects everything else.

Romans 14:7 (New Living Translation)
For we don’t live for ourselves or die for ourselves.

We are wise to plan and make plans but we need to keep our hearts soft and ears open to the lord. He will change the path once in awhile and redirect us...if we let Him. When we allow Him to change our plans and direct our path, we are more Christ like.

Proverbs 16
We can make our own plans, but the Lord gives the right answer.
If we don't ask God what to do in even the smallest decisions or what He thinks... we can put ourselves in danger of many things that can be prevented (read the story in Josh 9). Sometimes we will regret not inquiring of the Lord. Don't make a decision and then later regret it. Asking God will bring regrets to a halt!

Joshua 9:14 (Amplified Bible)
So the [Israelite] men partook of their food and did not consult the Lord.

We love our kids so much....every decision we make will effect what they do later on in their own lives....every decision will bless us or curse us.....life or death.....choose life!

Deuteronomy 30:15-16 (Amplified Bible)
See, I have set before you this day life and good, and death and evil. [If you obey the commandments of the Lord your God which] I command you today, to love the Lord your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His ordinances, then you shall live and multiply, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land into which you go to possess.