1 Peter 2:9

This verse has popped up about five times in the last month.

1 Peter 2:9

"But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light."

First I picked to read that verse for worship one night, then three times one of the youth leaders talked about it, and then last night, Kempton talked about it. 

So I finally decided to look more into it, maybe figure out if God is telling me anything.

My dad got the new ESV Study Bible, so I looked in there and found this.

"God's grace rather than human choice is the ultimate explanation for why some people come to faith and others do not. God has elected ('chosen') some to be his people, therefore no one can boast of being included. Peter views the church as being a new Israel, for he picks up what is said of Israel in Ex. 19:5-6 and applies it to the church. The church is a royal priesthood and God's holy nation. As God's chosen ones, Christians are to proclaim the excellencies of the one who summoned then from darkness and ushered then into his marvelous light."

This really helped me understand why this verse might be helpful to me. Lately, one of my friends at school has been asking about Heaven, and what I would do, being a christian, in her situations. I realize from this that I have to be really careful with what I tell her, because I really don't want to boast about being a christian.

Also it touches a little on my last post! It says that some are chosen and some are not. So I'm guessing that the people who are not chosen, just can't understand why they would even need God. Even though it helps a little, its still weird to think about.

One last thing. If anyone was at church wednesday night, you probably heard me talking about my neck problem. Well, I went to the doctor today and found out that I have shingles...

I don't know much about it, but I know that it is a virus directly caused from chicken pox. I had chicken pox when was 2 or 4, but apparently lives in you forever, and shingles could pop up at any moment. And of course, it pops up just when I have a concert at my school tonight.

The rash/scab thing won't go away for a couple weeks, and the discomfort won't go away for maybe a couple months. So please pray for me!