A conscious choice

After Galatians 5:16-25 

We make a conscious 

choice, whether to walk

the path of the flesh or

the path of the spirit.

We have no excuse;

we choose one or

the other, knowing 

full well that one path

leads to destruction

while the other leads

to life. No one decides

for you, for me, for us. 

We decide. We choose.

We die, or

we live. 

Some Sunday Readings:

 

Piety, Technology, and Tradition – Jon Askonas at Mere Orthodoxy. 

 

I’m Not Fatherless Anymore – Samuel Sey at Slow to Write.

 

“The Test” and “Deathbed Request” – poems by Alan Steinle at Society of Classical Poets. 

Two walks

After Galatians 5:16-25

Two walks, starting

together but quickly

diverging, a sharp

separation, leading

in different directions,

stark, utterly unlike

each other, at war

with one another,

in fact. Discern

the paths by what

they produce.

 

One: immorality, impurity,

sensuality, idolatry,

sorcery, enmity, strife,

jealousy, fits of anger, 

rivalries, dissensions,

envy, drunkenness, orgies,

and more.

 

The other: love, joy,

peace, patience,

kindness, goodness,

faithfulness, gentleness,

self-control.

 

One is flesh.

The other is spirit.

Choosing the spirit

crucifies the flesh.

 

Photograph by Oliver Roos via Unsplash. Used with permission.