{"id":770,"date":"2011-06-12T05:04:43","date_gmt":"2011-06-12T09:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/simplelife\/?p=770"},"modified":"2011-06-10T19:22:02","modified_gmt":"2011-06-10T23:22:02","slug":"choices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/simplelife\/2011\/06\/choices.html","title":{"rendered":"Choices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/234\/2011\/06\/Shelly-will-be-sharing-her-thoughts-on-this-page2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-774\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/234\/2011\/06\/Shelly-will-be-sharing-her-thoughts-on-this-page2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"299\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">By Michelle Demeree<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">We learn about love for the world and to have good judgment. \u00a0For the right reasons, we are in trouble with ungodly people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">But we sometimes hurt our Christian family. \u00a0We should not spread rumors about each other. \u00a0People need to use good judgment for each other.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Everyone has many choices to make in their daily lives. \u00a0The choice is yours; and we can make up our own minds.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">God can provide us with strength to live a life that is closer to Him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">He is our father and His name is God. \u00a0Let&#8217;s give him a hand and help our Christian family out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Michelle Demeree We learn about love for the world and to have good judgment. \u00a0For the right reasons, we are in trouble with ungodly people. 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