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Day 173: Free Will

I'm grateful for the gift of free will.  Sure it would be easier in some ways if we just did what we were told - no moral dilemma, no vacillating, no concern for outcome since it would be out of our control.  But free will is a gift because it ensures we aren't robots, that we get to make mistakes and make victories.  It ensures that when we choose faith or not that it is our choice and we weren't forced into anything.  It gives us a chance to navigate the mountains and valleys of self-discipline, choices, conflict, etc. I'm grateful that I have been gifted with free will by the author of my life, that he doesn't want me to serve him because I am forced to but because I choose to.    

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