What is the biblical significance of "choosing life" in a moment of grief and hopelessness?
Deuteronomy 30:19 19 I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live,
Deuteronomy 30:1 - 20
ESV - 1 And when all these things come upon you, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before you, and you call them to mind among all the nations where the Lord your God has driven you. 2 And return to the Lord your God, you and your children, and obey his voice in all that I command you today, with all your heart and with all your soul.
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