Choices
You are free to make whatever choice you want, but you are not free from the consequences of that choice. (Tom Stiglich, political cartoonist)
This sentiment has been expressed in different ways, but the emphasis is always true. We can’t choose to think or act any way we want without facing the consequences. Thoughts create actions, and actions have almost unlimited effects. Wishing things might work out differently doesn’t really work. So, we would all do well to stop to think before we take action.
[God] will repay all people as their actions deserve. (Proverbs 24:12)
Our actions will show that we belong to the truth, so we will be confident when we stand before God. (1 John 3:19)