Family of God: [FamilyofGod] For all the Bachelors and Spinsters

I can remember back in the day when I used to club a lot (I wasn't always saved, ya'll, actually I didn't get saved 'til about 18, and didn't totally commit to God until a year later). I used to go out with my girls and if I saw a guy I thought was cute I would sneak peeks at him and he would eventually come over and introduce himself, and I would be so geeked on the inside because I would feel like I've just been chosen.

As single saints, a lot of us desire to be chosen by our mates. You may have friends who are now married off or getting married this summer and you wonder, "When is it going to be my turn? When will I be chosen?" or you may be in a situation where you're recently divorced so you no longer feel chosen any more, or maybe months or even years have gone by and a man of God may not have even approached you or expressed interest, or, for the men reading this, you may have been rejected time and time again, so much so that you don't feel chosen either.

The word, chosen, from Webster's Dictionary, 1828 edition, means selected from a number, picked out, taken in preference, and elected.

Even though you may not have a physical manifestation of that highly coveted wedding ring, it doesn't mean that you haven't been chosen.

God chose you before the foundation of the world. He chose to love you, in spite of your flaws. He chose to be with you, in spite of your imperfections. He chose to send His Son, Jesus, to die for you even before you were born. Even while you were yet in your mother's womb, God had you on His mind. Even before you really came to know Him, or when you lived a life as if He wasn't even there, He still sent His Son Jesus to die for you.

God selected you, He picked you out, He preferred you, and He elected you.

He chose to accept you as you are, and He has promised to never leave you nor forsake you, no matter how much you miss it, or how many times you make a mistake; He's always a forgiving God, always ready to receive you again with open arms.

So never feel discouraged because you feel others have been chosen while you haven't. Know that you have been chosen by God, and to be chosen by God is the best honor and privilege there will ever be, for His love and His mercy endures forever.

According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love. (Ephesians 1:4)

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