Choices Vs. Decisions

So we all make choices and decisions.... right?... right!

Well how many would say choices and decisions are basically the same thing?
Hmm really?
Well I beg to differ.

Yes I would say they are similar.
But they are worlds different!!!
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Dictionary Definitions (picked the one I liked best):
Choices - Something that is preferred or preferable to others
Decisions - The act or process of deciding, determination, as a question or doubt, by making a judgement.
                                                                           or
                   The act of or need for making up one's mind.

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Ok so my thoughts.... Ready???
Ha well well see how this turns out.....


To me a choice is some thing we make about anything and everything. Sometimes they are mindless sometimes they take some thought.
We also make decisions all the time. But not as often as we are making choices.

The biggest difference between a choice and a decision (in my mind) is belief and reason.

To make a decision about something means we have to believe something, we need to have reason we need to know enough about that something to want to do it, have it, etc.
To make a choice means we can live in the unknown a bit, and by the choice we learn the out come. We get to live that moment, and see how we feel. Leading to making the decision of if we continue or not.

The two go hand in hand. Choices lead to decisions. And vise versa, decisions lead to us having to make more choices.

It's one of those circles of life. You can't have one without the other. They are so different but at the same time they are in a way the same.

Life is so full of both.
We get to live with getting to make choices and decisions.
It's all about how we live. How are we going to go about our everyday.

God is so loving that he allows us to have these opportunities. He lets us live, and make the choices and decisions. No matter if they are good or bad. He is right there. When we make a choice or a decision that is a poor one, and we feel lost and hurt and struggling because of it. He is right there to pick us up, gives us new chances everyday. We have the chance to pick if we want Him or not. But are you going to make that a choice, and see how it turns out, or are you going to believe in it and decide that its what you want.

God wants our hearts, our joys, our pain. What are you going to do?
How are you going to live your life?
How are you going to make your choices?
How are you going to make you decisions?