Grace choosing

Romans 6:20-21
Freedom from righteousness, the ability to do whatever I want without regard to anyone or anything. And how does that end? In fruit, but fruit that I am ashamed of. Wow, if that's not the truth I don't know what is. And I have seen how that ends in death. I think of times in my life when I lived without regard for righteousness, and honestlty those are the times now that hen I reflect I realize I am not proud of them, and in all reality didn't enjoy that much at the time. I can see how my selfishness and seeking of myself was just slowly sending me to my own death. AARRGGHHHH! I should insert Romans 7:25. Thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord! His grace was so much bigger, His patience so much longer, His love so much deeper than I deserved, expected, wanted. Only He can save, only He can change my heart, only He can make me right. He is my God and I will serve Him, and I will always run to Him, especially when I fail and run from Him.

Romans 6:22
The fruit I now get leads to sanctificaiton. Fruit of conviction, of repentance, of joy, oe hope, of worship, of truth, of honesty, of integrity. The end of these thigns leads to eternal life. not becuase they earn me anything, but because as I chose righteousness and respond to God by grace, then He produces these things in me. I don't sit around wishing God would chnage me, I fight my sin through the cross and run continually to God when I fail and allow me present suffering to draw me cloaser to Him knowing the hope I will one day realize.

Romans 6:23
Feel like this verse is taken out of context so much. I choose death or life. I act on death or life. I am a slave to death or life. I have esrned death by my sin, but I am free by the wonderous grace of God to choose Jesus and life. It all depends on me to choose which I will be a lsave to, but that's all the depends on me. Because I can't save myslef no matter how I try, all I can do is choose Him by admitting how sinful I am and falling prostrate deoending on His grace. Thus in my weakness I am made strong. The cross changes everything, or it chnages nothing. I decide which it will be for me because God offers me a choice, I'd be a fool to choose anything else but to be His willing and loyal slave all the days of my life. Now God give me the grace and faith to live out this bold statement from the mouth of a babe prone to wander and fall.