Some of you remember the famous “Cookies Monster.”
In one of his scenes, he is set up to decide between three doors. He can have door #1, which is a beautiful mansion, door #2, which is a million dollars, or finally, door #3, which is a cookie. True to his name, you know what he chose. He chose the cookie!
Life gives us many such choices. We get to choose between the good and the bad, or even the good and the best. We choose between the easy thing and the right thing. We chose between healthy food and fast food. Honestly, this list could be expanded to every time we have to choose to read, exercise, rest, play, study, or whatever. Life is filled with the choices we get to make.
Wisdom is the ability to make the right choice. Where you are in life and where you will be tomorrow is all about your willingness to make the right choices. Unfortunately, too often I have chosen the cookie.
The brother of Jesus, James said, “If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.” (James 1:5).
For more than 50 years I have told people that I wanted to grow to be a wise old man. I wish I had been a wiser young man, but as long as I have life, I can still hope for that final goal. Maybe today’s thought will remind us of the need to be wise and not to choose the cookie.
Lonnie Davis