Do you remember kick ball in PE class? Were you the captain that got to pick your team, were you among the first to be picked, or were you the last one that was assigned a team by default?
Did you get asked to prom? Better yet, has someone asked for your hand in marriage? Did you get that job for which you applied against several other qualified candidates? If you have, then you know what it is like to be chosen.
To be chosen is one of The Seven Desires of Every Heart according to Dr Mark Laaser of Faithful and True Ministries. Let's face it, we all desire to be chosen by someone. It doesn't matter how tough of an image we have on the outside, we need to know that we are special just as we are. Do you know what this feels like? Perhaps you still long for someone to pick you out of the crowd and say, "I want you to be my special person." Perhaps you act in such a way that you think is worthy of being chosen.
As a husband and father, I know what it is like to have the "power" to choose. I have chosen and I have betrayed. I am an imperfect man in an imperfect world. I have a great wife and wonderful children. In fact, I believe I have the best family in the world. Just take a look at the picture and you'll have to agree. Guess what? They love me and choose me - sometimes even voluntarily LOL! I hope you feel the same way about your family. Even so, I still long to be chosen every day. Why? Because this world is not perfect.
I am grateful for a perfect heavenly father that loves me just the way I am. I know this to be true because he made me this way. The water he give me to drink satisfies my longings. He fills the gaps.
Do you long to be chosen? Maybe no one has chosen you and you long for that special someone in your life. Maybe society says you are not worth of being chosen? On the other hand, you may be surrounded by great family and friends and still don't feel chosen. It happens all the time. Either way, your heavenly father loves you and has already chosen you. How do I know? He made you exactly the way you are. That's right! Take a look in the mirror and admire God's perfect creation. You are created in his image and don't ever forget that.
Did you get asked to prom? Better yet, has someone asked for your hand in marriage? Did you get that job for which you applied against several other qualified candidates? If you have, then you know what it is like to be chosen.
To be chosen is one of The Seven Desires of Every Heart according to Dr Mark Laaser of Faithful and True Ministries. Let's face it, we all desire to be chosen by someone. It doesn't matter how tough of an image we have on the outside, we need to know that we are special just as we are. Do you know what this feels like? Perhaps you still long for someone to pick you out of the crowd and say, "I want you to be my special person." Perhaps you act in such a way that you think is worthy of being chosen.
As a husband and father, I know what it is like to have the "power" to choose. I have chosen and I have betrayed. I am an imperfect man in an imperfect world. I have a great wife and wonderful children. In fact, I believe I have the best family in the world. Just take a look at the picture and you'll have to agree. Guess what? They love me and choose me - sometimes even voluntarily LOL! I hope you feel the same way about your family. Even so, I still long to be chosen every day. Why? Because this world is not perfect.
I am grateful for a perfect heavenly father that loves me just the way I am. I know this to be true because he made me this way. The water he give me to drink satisfies my longings. He fills the gaps.
Do you long to be chosen? Maybe no one has chosen you and you long for that special someone in your life. Maybe society says you are not worth of being chosen? On the other hand, you may be surrounded by great family and friends and still don't feel chosen. It happens all the time. Either way, your heavenly father loves you and has already chosen you. How do I know? He made you exactly the way you are. That's right! Take a look in the mirror and admire God's perfect creation. You are created in his image and don't ever forget that.
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