MORE LIKE YOU...A PECULIAR PEOPLE...

I'm grateful, Jesus, for You patiently working with me to become more like You. This whole idea of "taking up my cross and following You" is certainly not for the faint of heart.

I realize that it isn't a one time thing, but a daily committment.


It seems that part of the reason this "walk" is hard, is because the world thinks it's peculiar... AND it seems so opposite to the common sense of the world. Yet, I am aware of Peter's words in 1 Peter 2:9:

But ye are a chosen generation,

a royal priesthood,

an holy nation,

a peculiar people;

that ye should shew forth the praises of Him

who hath called you out of darkness

into His marvellous light...

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The world says, "Be rich!"

You say, "Be poor..."

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The world says, "Laugh... party..."

You say, "Mourn..."

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The world says, "Meek is weak..."

You say, "When you are weak, you are strong..."

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The world says, "Grab all you can..."

You say, "Hunger and thirst..."

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The world says, "Do whatever it takes..."

You say, "Be pure..."

The world says, "Fight for what is yours..."

You say, "Live peacably..."

The world says, "Winner takes all..."

You say, "Blessed are the persecuted..."

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The world says, "Live now..."

You say, "Die now,

so that you may have LIFE EVERLASTING."
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You've made it clear how to be more like You.

You've made it clear how to live The Blessed Life.

Thank You, Jesus.

~BLESSED~