Very often, the choices that we make depends on what are the options available.
So, whether it is food, or clothing, or accessories, the choices that we make depend on what we see before us.
But those choices are not that critical and they are not really life-changing choices.
When it comes to relationships, it is a different matter.
Who we choose to be our life-partner, who we choose to be our close friends, who we choose to be our best friend, would make a difference in our lives.
In the 1st reading, the God’s chosen people chose to be unfaithful to God with their idol-worship.
God had become one of the choices, and worshipping the idols seemed more appealing and gratifying.
The people’s choice was to be unfaithful to God. God could have just rejected them and let them face the consequence of their choice.
But instead, God chose to forgive them and even reached out to His people with love.
So if we say that we choose God and want to be faithful to Him, then we too must choose to love and forgive others.
When we choose to be faithful to God, there should be no other options.