Colossians 3- Chosen by God

 ¹² So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience;
 ¹³ bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you.
 ¹⁴ Beyond all these things put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity.
 ¹⁵ Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body; and be thankful.
 ¹⁶ Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
 ¹⁷ Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father.

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This entire section is filled with Truth and instruction on how to live a Christ-like life.  But what really stands out to me is that God chose us...God, the infinite, omniscient, matchless One, who knows everything about each of us, still chose us.  In fact He not only chose us, but He chose to send His Son, Jesus Christ, to die in our place.

Think about that... God asked His Son to take all the filthy, vial, disgusting sin of mankind and bear it while being the sacrifice so that we could spend ETERNITY in heaven with God and our Risen Savior!