Every day we face so many choices. What to wear? What to eat? How to prioritize the to-do list? Then, there are those every-once-in-a-while choices. You know, the ones that involve the pros and cons lists, the ones that lead to a whole new direction in life. The Bible is full of both types of choices. In Ruth’s example, she stood at a major crossroad in her life. Having lost her husband, what was she to do next? Should she follow her mother-in-law, Naomi, to Judah? Or should she return to Moab, where her family and life has always been? But Ruth said, “…For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. May the Lord do so to me and more also if anything but death parts me from you” (Ruth 1:16-17 ESV). What choices are you facing right now? In the midst of possibilities and questions and worry, STOP:Seek God first (Matthew 6:33).Trust His plan (Jeremiah 29:11).Obey Him in faith (John 14:23).Praise Him for leading you (Psalm 63:4).When we STOP, we are declaring God is true and faithful and just.