The easiest decision

I have been through a lot as a parent(so it seems) and as a person. I have made all types of decisions that were important and that had a lot of people affected by it. I have had to decide on things that affected me and no one else would know as well as make decisions that would affect an entire congregation. The results would tell if it was a good decision or a bad one, but many times you don't know until after the fact and many times way down the road if it was a good decision or not. Well, so far I have made more good decisions than bad ones and I thank God for guiding me to make those decisions.
Many times facing decisions we call people who we know we trust and will give good advice. I have certain people I go to when I am faced with such decisions. I have always gone to my parents to let them know which way I am leaning and have them pray about it and tell me how they feel about it. I have friends in the church who I have known for a long time such as Jordon Hutson and Mark Cooksey who I call on with the tougher decisions. I also call David Beachamp regularly whether I am in the middle of a decision or not just to receive his continued guidance. Decisions can be tough. On the lighter side, I can't stand to go shopping with Tara. Don't get me wrong I enjoy time with my wife, just not in a mall or store. She can't make decisions she has to touch everything in the store and she can completely lose track of time. It's like a time warp that sucks her in and eventually spits her back out into the world. I constantly tell her, if you can't decide then neither one is a bad decision. I tell her this about shirts, shorts, pants, shoes, hats, rugs, curtains. It doesn't matter what it is, she always struggles with a decision. Is it the right color, will it go with what we have, do we need more stuff to help it fit in. Will this shirt go with my old pants, or do I need new ones(guys I know you are sympathizing with me and ladies you are biting your tongue right now, sorry) and so on.
THere is one decision in life that when people realize just how simple it is, they don't need any advice. That is salvation and eternal life. Paul describes it best in Romans.
That if you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved"(Rom 10:9).
That is the simplest, most laid out for you decision you will ever make. Not only does it offer a solution, it offers the end results. You know the end results of this decisions before you make it and seldom can you say that. If you decide to take a new job what will the end results be, if you decide to try a new diet what will the end results be, all decisions are tough because you can't know for sure how it will end up. But, salvation is the one decision in life that has a gauranteed happy ending. I mean think about it, there is no other decision in life that you are 100% gauranteed the results.
So add that to your arsenal next time you are sharing with a lost friend, it's a win win situation like no other!
Thanks for reading and have a great day!