First Thursday of Lent

I am offering you life or death, blessing or curse. Choose life, then, so that you and your descendants may live. Deuteronomy 30:19-20

I have a love-hate relationship with free will sometimes. Indeed, it can feel as if free-will itself is both a blessing and a curse. Yet, God has given us it as a gift, and we must choose to use it wisely. It is up to us to choose the right path, one day at a time, one decision at a time. Will we choose life today? The ball is in our court.