[originally written June 5, 2006]
God gave man free will. We have the ability to choose. We are not "forced" into our eternal marriage, we have the choice: whether to choose God as our Husband or Satan. We only have two choices: Good and Evil. The choice should be clear, but it isn't. Why? Because we chose once at the beginning, chose wrong, and now, we cannot comprehend, can see, what is truly the right choice, the good choice.
We have two Beings vying for our attention: One all-knowing, all-wonderful, all-powerful, but He demands something of us now. The other offers us pleasures now before the deal is sealed, but he cannot tell us what comes after. The Other tells us that although He cannot(won't) give away all the details, we have a most glorious surprise waiting for us if we will choose to sacrifice self-gratification now, if we wait...
One promises us Now, the Other FOREVER.
Again, the choice should be clear, but we cannot seem to see past Now to FOREVER. Like children not yet tall enough to see over the wall to the beautiful garden next door, we grasp at the paper flowers we find on our side, and cry when they aren't perfumed and crumble away in our hands.
If we could only see, we say, we could make the right choice. But we forfeited that option long ago and cannot get it back. Not in this lifetime.
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Our free will is hampered by our fallen nature. Our only comfort is that God chooses to allow us to come to Him, calling us before Him, and gives us the opportunity to make the choice.
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