{"id":5169,"date":"2025-04-16T08:41:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T13:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/staging\/3703\/2025\/04\/16\/choices\/"},"modified":"2025-04-16T08:41:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T13:41:16","slug":"choices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/16\/choices\/","title":{"rendered":"Choices"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taken from <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/staging\/3703\/wp-content\/6e2899ae-2f06-4c72-8047-96896809e99b-4565-000003e147201161_file-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/6e2899ae-2f06-4c72-8047-96896809e99b-4565-000003e147201161_file-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/6e2899ae-2f06-4c72-8047-96896809e99b-4565-000003e147201161_file-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/6e2899ae-2f06-4c72-8047-96896809e99b-4565-000003e147201161_file-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/6e2899ae-2f06-4c72-8047-96896809e99b-4565-000003e147201161_file-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/6e2899ae-2f06-4c72-8047-96896809e99b-4565-000003e147201161_file-350x197.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/6e2899ae-2f06-4c72-8047-96896809e99b-4565-000003e147201161_file-528x297.jpg 528w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/6e2899ae-2f06-4c72-8047-96896809e99b-4565-000003e147201161_file-860x484.jpg 860w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/6e2899ae-2f06-4c72-8047-96896809e99b-4565-000003e147201161_file.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;WHOSE CHOICE IS IT?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When sitting in a stillness before God, I often ponder my choices.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00b7 My choice to be quiet and choose rest.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00b7 My choice to live a life of faith.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00b7 My choice to forgive others leads to my freedom.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00b7 My choice to let go of the things I cannot control.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00b7 My choice to accept the promises of God for my life.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00b7 My choice to trust in His faithfulness regardless of my circumstances.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Life can be difficult and draining. We encounter problems, failures, and various overwhelming issues. Often, we want to shift blame and point a finger. We can easily fall into a \u201cvictim\u201d mentality. We feel defensive.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After years of coaching and mentoring, I wrestle with the profound question: \u201cWho is in charge of me\/you?\u201d Is it your boss, your neighbor, or your little brother? Is it still your mother or father? At some point, we all realize that we must take responsibility for our daily responses and decisions. We can aimlessly blame our lives away, like a victim, or we can take smart steps to walk towards a victory for greater, more powerful tomorrows\u2026. starting today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taken from &nbsp;WHOSE CHOICE IS IT?&nbsp; When sitting in a stillness before God, I often ponder my choices.&nbsp; \u00b7 My choice to be quiet and choose rest.&nbsp; \u00b7 My choice to live a life of faith.&nbsp; \u00b7 My choice to forgive others leads to my freedom.&nbsp; \u00b7 My choice to let go of the things [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faith"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5169\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}