We've Been Chosen

A couple of weeks ago, Kevin's parents took Noly to Walmart to pick out her first bike. Her favorite color is pink, so we expected her to choose the first pink bike she saw. To our surprise, she looked through all of the little bikes at Walmart and didn't want a single one of them. As they were leaving, she saw a picture of a little purple bike and said, "I want THAT one!" So, being the good grandparents that they are, they immediately ordered it online.

I was talking to Kevin and was worried that she wouldn't like it once she saw it up close because it wasn't pink. This is the child who wailed in Walmart because Kevin couldn't find me a PINK broom and dustpan. I figured we would have to tell her that she chose that bike, so that is the one she had to keep and be thankful for.

Saturday night, I got home from church and pulled into the garage and saw her new little bike partially assembled. It took no more than a quick glance for me to see EXACTLY why she chose it. Her little purple bike was plastered with Disney Princesses and pink and blue flowers. Even the wheel spokes sport little plastic flowers that make it ever-so-girly. The bike practically screams out her name! In her eyes, it is the most beautiful bike on the planet, and her little face lights up when she rides it.

I started thinking about the sermon I had just heard. God chose us...just like Noly chose this bike. Other children may not see the beauty in this bike, but to Noly, it is the most magnificent bike that ever graced our planet. And that is how God thinks of us. He sees beauty in us, and He chose us to be His children. We bring a certain twinkle to His eye because He loves us and delights in us. We don't ever have to worry because we aren't "pink" because He didn't make every single person to be "pink." Some of us are blue, purple, red, yellow...doesn't matter. May we look at others in a way that uncovers the beauty that God sees in them, and may each one of us know that we are chosen by the God of the Universe to be His very own.