Welcome to today's encouragement from Our Daily Bread.

Our Reading titled Making Wise Choices was written by Patricia Raybon.

Sell my late mother's house?

That decision burdened my heart after my beloved, widowed mother passed away.

Sentiment drove my feelings.

Still, my sister and I spent two years cleaning and repairing her empty home,

resigned to sell it. This was in 2008, and a global

recession left us with no buyers. We kept dropping the price, but got no offers. Then, while reading my

Bible one morning, this passage from Proverbs 14 grabbed my eye.

Where there are no oxen, the manger is clean, but abundant crops come by the strength of the ox.

The proverbs spoke of farming, but I was intrigued by its message.

An unoccupied stall stays neat, but only with the mess of inhabitants would it yield a harvest of crops.

Or, for us, a crop of value and family legacy.

Calling my sister, I asked, what if we keep Mama's house? We could rent it. The choice surprised us. We had no plans to turn

mom's home into an investment, but the Bible, as a spiritual guide, also offers practical wisdom.

As David prayed in Psalm 25,

Show me the right path, O Lord, point out the road for me to follow.

With our choice, my sister and I have been blessed to rent Mama's home to many lovely families.

We also learn this life-changing truth.

Scripture helps guide our decisions.

Your word is a lamp for my feet, wrote the psalmist, a light on my path. May we walk in God's light.

Today's Our Daily Bread devotional scripture reading is from Psalm 119, verses 101 to 106. I have kept my feet from every evil path so that I might

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