The Call 2 - God Chose You

2 Thessalonians 2
14 ....He called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

I remember my first thoughts of Jesus. It was 1952, in a little park in Lyndhurst. That was where, one summer afternoon, my vacation Bible school class met, and I first remember talk of Jesus. And I remember, during the previous or following Christmas, learning the song, "Away in the manger...." We left for Pittsburgh in 1953 and my memories of Lyndhurst were locked in my mind forever.

Much of my life was spent in unrighteous pursuits.  Much of my life full of weakness, sin, and no insignificant amount of alcohol. But, no matter what I've done, I've always been sure of one thing: Jesus lives. It was only later in life that I became sure of one other thing: God chose me.

This passage is the reality I know:

2 Thessalonians 2
13 But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
14 Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

As luck would have it, I found my little Vacation Bible School workbook in the attic of my grandfather's house, last year.

I am blessed.