The Choice is Yours – A Sermon on Sirach 15:15-20 and Matthew 5:21-37

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The Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany: Sirach 15:15-20; Matthew 5:21-37

The older I get the more aware I am of the choices I have made and the consequences of those choices, not only for me but for others. Some were the right choices, others were not. Sometimes I was sure about the choice I was making, other times I was not at all sure. Some choices I would make again, others I would not. I have spent a lifetime choosing, and so have you.

Regardless of what I think about or how I evaluate my past choices I know this. A lifetime of choosing has shaped who I am and what my life is about. A lifetime of choosing has determined the relationships I have and the quality of those relationships. A lifetime of choosing has…