Life is precious. We are all on earth for a reason. It took me many years of trying to figure out why God allowed us to be born because we are sinners. Then one day I figured it out. We are here to love and serve God and others.
We have a choice to love and serve and we have a choice to do wrong, to sin. God has given us the gift of free will.
Free will is our freedom to make choices. We can choose good or we can choose bad. Our bad choices are sins. We use our conscience and the Holy Spirit to guide us to make good decisions.
Things in life may come up that we need to make hard decisions about. It is not easy to make the right choice when it means pain for you or someone else, but in the long run, if you pray and let the Holy Spirit guide you, your decision will be a just one.
Try to avoid letting other people guide your decisions. Don't do something that you feel is wrong, just because "everyone else is doing it". That doesn't make it right - it just gives you an excuse to feel better about a bad decision.
Holy Spirit, Guide us in making good choices and just decisions in our lives. Give us the strength to do what is right. We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
