"Einee, meinee, minee, moe, catch a tiger by his toe,
if he hollers let him go, einee meinee minee moe. I pick YOU."

 

     Like a crop harvester hand selects the finest fruit for the best seed,
     God hand selected you. He picked you for completeness in Christ in His
     family of faith. He chose YOU from before the foundation of the world, He placed
     YOU in the Body of Christ as it pleased Him, you are beloved in His sight and are
     extremely special, a masterpiece in the eyes of the Creator.

According as he hath chosen [selected] us in
him before [prior to] the foundation [deposition,
i.e. founding; figuratively, conception] of the
world, that we should be holy and without
blame before him in love.

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee;
and before thou camest forth out of the womb...

     He carefully hand selected you to be in Christ before you ever did anything
     favorable to distinguish yourself.

23 And that he might make known the riches
of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he
had afore prepared unto glory,

Even us, whom he hath called...

For we are his workmanship, [masterpiece]
created [fabricated, formed] in Christ Jesus
unto good works, which God hath before
ordained [ fit up in advance] that we should
walk in them.

     "I pick you!" He said with love.

     Thank you, God. I pick you, too. Amen.

-Carol Kenreigh