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In this verse we are given two choices: the blessing of life and the curse of death. We are urged to choose life. This verse comes at the very end of the life of Moses, some of the last words that God says to Moses to record before he dies. Although it may sound like a choice, the choice is pretty clear: choose life so that you and your children may live. The alternative: death.The choice is defined in Deuteronomy 30:16: "In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it." We must live in a way that the Lord asks us to. If we do this, we will live and multiply. He will keep his commandment to us as he did to Moses and all of his children. We are also His children, and if we do as He commands He will keep the covenant with us.This verse speaks of both the mortal and immortal life that God has granted us. We do not deserve this wondrous gift, but God has given us this privilege. He wants us to choose Him on our own accord and to use our own talents and voice to rejoice in His name.These verses also show how a godly life is one that affects our entire lives and more importantly, it affects all of our children’s lives as well. Not living in such a way gives our seed less of a chance to choose life. We must make the right choice for them and also for ourselves.God is the way and the truth and the life. It is easy to be distracted about other choices that we need to make: what clothes to wear, what to do that day, what time to wake up, what to eat...but there is one choice that is crystal clear. Choose God and you choose life, for this life and the next, for you and your offspring. Thanks be to God.