Oh, To Be Chosen

It is really nice to be handpicked, intentionally for something. It speaks to your ability, capacity to learn and willingness to be.

Miss K has been selected to represent the school in two sports. She was quite excited to get the letters and even eager to go for the practice sessions. The football team needs her to be in school at 6:30am to practice. This is quite early and calls for an amount of sacrifice to synchronise with the other girl’s drop offs but she is so excited to take part it in it. Watching her dedication to the process has been exciting and humbling.

I don’t know if I share the same level of excitement when chosen, or at least it depends on what exactly I have been chosen for. A lot of people have told me that God has chosen me for something bigger, hence the refining FIRE. I’d love to celebrate but the flames are hot. Some of the things going on seem out of theme, shocking even, but somehow part of the course. It reminds me of how Miss K’s Martial Arts class includes jump rope, I expected more kicks and stretches, but then again skipping is a wonderful exercise. It may seem random but it is right on schedule for the class.

I’m struggling with my process, it is not simple. So much remains unknown. Some days are good, others are bleak. Today is a hard day, where I have barely made it out of bed. But, God. I am trusting that He is a good good Father and all that He does it is good. May this journey be an encouragement to others that He is still God in the good times and hard times, and that He can be trusted.

This is the journey of the chosen.

For you are a chosen people. You are royal priests, a holy nation, God’s very own possession. As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you our of the darkness into his wonderful light.~1Peter 2:9

Oh, to be chosen, it is a great privilege for greater glory.