Below is what I believe God means when he says he chose me, when Jesus adopted me.
When Jesus said he chose you, he meant it. Insert your name and believe it.
There is another I want to add to our family, Father, and her name is [your name here].
I love her so much, and I want her close to me. Can we bring her in?
I want to teach her and protect her and fill her with my Spirit so that she can reach her full potential. I want her to know how much I love her and how much I want her to be near me.
I want her to see how cherished she is.
I want her to know that I pursue her.
I knew her before she was born and knew I had to have her. I knew she would be essential. I knew she would be useful in my purpose.
I knew she would have talents only I could provide. I knew her gifts would be precious to further my kingdom. I knew she would love the best she could and write and think and pray and contemplate.
I knew everything about her, and it pleased me.
This is why we rejoiced when she came to us.
This is why she cried and praised and loved and decided she would do her best.
This is why she’ll never have to be afraid.
This is why she received the inheritance, the Holy Spirit.
This is why I hand-picked her to be my own.
I’m happy she is part of the body. I’m happy she gets to see and feel and know us. I’m so happy she’s with us.
I love her so very much every day. I love being beside her as I am now and always. I love when she calls on me and sees me and listens.
I love when she tells others about me, when she finds a sister who knows me.
I love when she doesn’t give up, so determined and free and careless to the world’s expectations.
I love when she’s wild and fearless and joyful.
I love when she’s with me, sensing me. I love when she lets me speak.
She wants to be my vessel, and I love that, too.
O Daughter, you are more to me than you know.
See Psalm 139:1-6, 13-14, 17-18; John 15:16; Ephesians 1:3-5, 13-14, 18; Ephesians 2:4-5, 8-10; Ephesians 3:18-19; 1 John 4:18
These links share just a glimpse of the story God is telling us. When you have time, read a chapter or two around the verses to get the context and see the whole picture. My preferred Bible translation is the New Living Translation, so all links will be in that version.
