Chosen
The bell rings, the room empties, and the play ground fills. Mitts are grabbed along with bats and balls. Excitement propels them out the door, running out to the field with an urgency, for recess time is limited. "Let's play some ball!", one of the guys says. Quickly the ritual of selecting captains is done and the teams are picked. For some of us, now comes the scariest and most humiliating part, will we be chosen?
The drama class has selected the new play, posted it, and have set the casting call. You've worked hard, done your best and really want to get a part - will you be chosen?
Every school has their annual cheerleaders try outs. The announcement is made, the time and place are posted. You've been to camps, you practiced what you were taught, and you feel this will make or break your year - will you be chosen?
You’ve been with the company a long time and that promotion you've been working for has come up. You've been an asset, working hard and being there when they needed you - will you be chosen?
Your sister is married, your brother is married, all your close friends are married and mom's been bugging you. It's not that you haven't wanted, or looked, you just haven't found the right one. You think about it and wonder - will you be chosen?
In this life we have a need to be liked, appreciated, to be chosen. But often life doesn't always give us what we want or sometimes what we deserve. We have disappointments to deal with, some of them tragic. Some haunt us for years, surfacing at the most inopportune times.
I have great news for you, you have been Chosen. The very creator of this universe, the most powerful being, the Almighty God himself has chosen you. Chosen you to be part of his family for now through eternity. Being picked for the ball game, the play, the pep squad are but for a moment in eternity. The promotion, or even a marriage partner are but a little longer. God has chosen you to be with Him for eternity. Nothing on this earth is going to compare to what's waiting for us up there. Each day, remember, we have been chosen.
ã Jim Ness
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