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I've been reading the book of Ephesians again lately. It's my go-to book of the bible because it's lays out some GREAT reminders, and contains some INCREDIBLE truths.

So as i go through this again, i'll be throwing up (on the blog), some thoughts that arise and some healthy reminders. Enjoy...

Eph 1:3-6 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved.

Now, i don't really like the word 'destiny' as we so often use it out of context, but in this case it's a great place to use that term. As believers we have a for-certain Destiny in Jesus christ. Just like He chose us, He also gives us a destiny in Him, a long time ago, actually a really long time ago - ok; before the 'foundations of the world'!

So He chose me, gave me a destiny and reason to be, but why? So i could be 'holy and blameless before Him'. God can't have filth before Him (me and my sin), knowing this fact long before sin ever existed, God decided to love me enough to choose me to be His own, to give me a destiny, and to want me to be before Him  and with Him, and to experience Him forever. But the only way that could happen was for me to be clean, so He adopted me and like a father does his child he bathed me. (only with His blood)

In His love he adopted me to be His own child! (Parents chose what children they adopt - children don't chose what parents they want to be adopted by - Side note for another day)

So these few verses say this:

 - God chose Me a really long time ago
 - God chose me to be His child
 - So that i can be clean
 - i'm clean to i can experience God in a way ptherwise impossible
 - This was all His will, through His son Jesus
 - All this was for His benefit and the glory of His grace
 - Oh yeah, and that GRACE, He also Gives me! (another day)
 - Now i truly have a Destiny with God

WOW, talk about being loved beyond my means right? We'll never know why God would choose us to be His children, but He does. Why He loves us so much, but He does. Why He gives us His glorious grace, but He does. I just want to live in light of those awesome truths.