To Each His Own

But are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 1 Peter 2:9 NIV

Different houses, different cars, different needs...same God.

As we were driving to church I noticed different homes. A Spanish style, a Colonial style, country style, and even a simple style. Then I thought about the people who live in them-how different each one's life is and how really close one's life may be to mine.

This thought as occurred to me before when noticing the different cars sitting in traffic. We were all at the same traffic light, and yet headed in different directions. Some might have been thinking about arriving home, others about the meeting they may have been heading too. Different thoughts yet, so much alike.

Another time I've thought about other people's lives is while standing in line at the grocery store. It's amazing how different yet the same the food we by is. A loaf of bread, bananas, milk or TV dinners, noodles, soda...all of it making sense to the one buying it.

So how different are we really? Sure we each face our own set of problems: a death in the family, an illness, sickness, a raise, newlyweds, a new baby. Each going through life, each facing the days, each set of circumstances. Some are able to face it better than others, some hide from it.

I'm not sure how people can make it through the events in life without God. There are tough things I go through and without God's strength I know I couldn't make it. We each are chosen, He wants us all to come to Him, He wants to bring light into your life...let Him.