Deciding on the Undecidable

Greetings this is Lay leader Mugwump
Today I welcome no I challenge you to stop and think. Just think. Consider the world, your world, and the way you live it. Seriously contemplate my words throughout this service. Please. Think.

To start I would like to say a few words
"Decisions test us
they confuse us
they haunt us
sometimes they make us want to cry
or scream
or shout
or lash out
sometimes we do
then we have more decisions like weather or not to go to court
but generally decisions like that are simple and easy
but other decisions are awful.
Decisions
are important
what would the world be without choices?
Really were would be without a single choice?"
~Anonymous

These words are something to consider. Really consider. What do you do? What should you do? Why do you do what you do? Hmm? Don't say you never get mad, that is a lie! Everyone gets mad at some point, some just keep it in better than others.

Now the chalice lighting
Please join me in the call to worship:
From all that dwell below the skies
let faith and hope and love arise
may beauty truth and good be sung
through every land by every tongue

Very nice. Thank you. Now the sermon.
I shall try to keep this short and sweet. Today we discuss decisions and how we handle them.
Decisions are one of the toughest things. Some are simple but many are hard. How do we know what to pick? We can follow instinct and gut feeling which will work . . . sometimes. Other times we have to base decisions on data and fact,but the information will either make the answere very clear or still a neck and neck choice. Of course any number of mediums could be reached but the extremes are either it works or it doesn't. This info based decision technique will generally help at least a little. Other times we make a decision without thinking. These often don't result well. It could be something as simple as a small purchase but it could be something life altering. Snap decisions are bad most of the time, not always, but most of the time. The best thing to do is get all your facts strait, all information collected, be entirely informed, then narrow down to only afew options until you are tied between afew. When data is no longer helpful you go with a value scale, which is better and why. Narrow it down then make a gut decision. Snap decisions are not part of the equation. Make as few snap decisions as possible and hope they only effect small aspects.

My next challenge. Think. Thank about every day life and the way your decisions effect it. How does it effect loved ones lives? Are the decisions you make good ones? I hope so.

Now I forbid you to read on until you have a moment of silence to pray,meditate, or just think.

Good. Please take some time this week to calm down and make cool headed decisions.

Feel free to comment on our discussion which has been extended to next Wednesday, comment on this or any weeks service, comment on joys and concerns, comment on recent decisions you have made, comment on any related topic! Again please sign the guest book (comment stating you screename, how you heard of us, and what you think).

Have a pleasant week.
Farewell,
Layleader Mugwump