How often are we guilty of wishing or thinking we should have been born in a different place or time? Oh yeah, most of the time, it is not serious wishing, but still, it is a temptation for those of us who read and dream alot about different years. But this morning I read (in the Knox Bible):
He has chosen us out, in Christ, before the foundation of the world, to be saints, to be blameless in his sight, for love of him; marking us out beforehand (so his will decreed) to be his adopted children through Jesus Christ. ... In him it was our lot to be called, singled out beforehand to suit his purpose (for it is he who is at work everywhere, carrying out the designs of his will); we were to manifest his glory, we who were the first to se our hope in Chirst; in him you too were called, when you listened to the preaching of the truth, that gospel which is your salvation. -Ephesians 1: 4-6; 11-13
So I guess there is no mistake about where we were placed. We have a purpose in our present time and place. So let's get at it!
Oremus pro invicem!
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