Every choice we make creates a ripple effect on our lives as well as on the lives of others. The choices we have made throughout our lives determine where we are and what we are becoming. Choices are also telling. What we really want, love and think, show up in the choices we make. Paul urged us to make excellent choices- choices that emanate from a heart fully committed to Jesus. He stated that when our love abounds in knowledge and discernment, we are able to understand what is best, so that we may approve the things that are excellent (Philippians 1:9-10). Excellent choices are proof of a life that is deeply committed to Jesus and His ways and they have the ripple effects of filing our lives with “the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God“ (Philippians 1:11). Our lives are not made by the dreams we dream, but by the choices we make. Let us make excellent choices and watch the ripple effect of blessings. Let us ask God to help us make excellent choices now and always. — Philippians 1:9-11.