Welcome Encouragement for Today friends! If you hopped over from my P31 devotion “He Cares About You,” Im so glad you’re here. I pray today’s post pours assurance into those places in your heart that just need to know you are not alone. You are deeply loved, pursued and cared for! Also, you can find details about the $40 in FREE Confident Heart Resources at the bottom of this post!
Chosen…I love that word. I don’t know a heart that doesn’t long to be chosen. Yet the disappointments of life and the criticism of others can cause us to forget that we are – chosen, loved, valued and called! “You are a chosen [woman], a royal priesthood, a holy [daughter], a [woman] belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of HIM who has CALLED you out of darkness into His wonderful light.” 1 Peter 2:9, NIV I have a song for you today! Please take time to listen and let your heart respond to these truths. Let these words remind you that you are CHOSEN and CALLED – your heart is spoken for. Oh sweet friend, please let these words soak deep into your heart. Watch it again and again until your soul knows it’s true!! Our Word for the week: Chosen Download our word for the week in a PDF or in MSWord. Be sure to print it and post it all over your house or office so you can remember you are chosen and loved. Let’s live loved in His PROMISE for us this week: “But you are a chosen [woman], a royal priesthood, a holy [daughter], God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His wonderful light.” 1 Peter 2:9, NIV Let’s Connect: Is there anything about today’s song that your hearts needed to hear? Click “share your thoughts” below this post and do just that.
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Renee,
I need your words. I have been opening sites and yours speaks to me. I just lost my husband Feb. 3 and do not know how to live anymore. I feel paralyzed and don’t know who I am now. We had been married 40 years and was the love of my life. The last 13 years of his life he has slowly been deteriorating from a spinal cord injury. The last 8 years I have been unable to leave him for more than 2 hours at a time. He needed me and I was there for him. Now I don’t know what to do ……………….
Dear, sweet Gloria. Thank you so much for being so faithful to your husband, especially in his time of need. The fact that you stuck by him for 40 years says a lot about you as a person. I’m so sorry for your great loss. Be sure to allow yourself to grieve. It’s an ongoing process and can take years, if not a lifetime. One thing you might try doing is find some younger, married women to mentor. I’m sure there are a lot of women who don’t know how to love their husbands or who just need a friend to talk to or confide in. There are also a lot of organizations who need volunteers. Think about what you might enjoy doing and step out. If you don’t like it, you can always back out politely and try something else. God bless you and keep you in His care as you adjust to this new life. But remember, you are never really alone–He is always with you! Love you sister, and love sharing the same name!
Thank you so much, Gloria. You are so right. It’s just the grieving process. Or I shouldn’t say, “just” because I’ve never experienced anything like it in my life. Giving to others has always been second nature to me but now I’ve been in a tunnel, thinking only of myself, and I don’t like it. I want to be the old, giving me but it’s not as easy now. So I need to do just what you advised and begin looking for opportunities to help younger married women know how precious marriage and their husband is. God is very close to me as I reach out him. I just hope I’m not cutting him off because Paul is gone from me. Glod bless you for your quick response. I needed it and I pray God blesses you for your merciful heart. Love, Gloria (sister)
I struggle with this. It is hard for me to believe that I am chosen. Years of abandonment issues make me doubt whether anyone really loves me enough to stick with me. Bible study, prayer and this study are helping me immensely as I try to really believe and have confidence in who I am in Him.
Thank you so much for this study and the beautiful video and song.
“My heart is spoken for…Covered by Your Love Divine.” Selah! I like the picture of the heart made with hands and Jesus’ Name in the middle. My heart is indeed spoken for, and I need to remember that at all times. Being covered by His love divine brought to mind that i am protected and preserved for God’s glory! Praise Him! Thank you for sharing this song, Renee!
Renee, please let us know if you are doing an online study this summer. You mentioned you might.
What a “blessing” to be chosen….a child of God…..Thank you, Father God, for choosing me, for leading me, for loving me….AMEN!
“…to hear You say this ones mine…my heart is spoken for…”. Sitting in my office with tears rolling down my face. It’s so easy sometimes to overlook how completely overwhelming His love is for us (me). When I think of the pride I feel when I take my daughters hand and say ‘this ones mine’…I often feel overwhelmed with the love I feel for her…but how much greater is the love of Christ! I needed this reminding today, so very much. I’ve been feeling the heavy weight of anxiety since last night…and not even because of one specific thing…just everything, I suppose. I needed to be reminded that my heart really is spoken for already by one who loves me and provides for me in a way that no earthly man ever could. Thanks so much for todays blog!
Thank you for the wonderful video and the beautiful song. It is a blessing to know that I have been chosen. The words to the song, “to hear You say this ones mine” really blessed me. They make me think of a proud parent saying, “that is My child”. Chosen is such a lovely word. It just resonates in my heart.
There is one word that was what I needed to be reminded of today ~ REDEEMED!
An awesome song by a fave group. Thanks, Renee, for your faithfulness to always follow the leading of the Spirit and share what will speak to us so wonderfully. I am one to whom music sometimes speaks volumes more than the written word, and you always have just the right songs to do that speaking. Thank you so much!
Thanks for sharing that video Renee. I’ve heard that song before, probably many times but until you really sit and listen to the words, you just can’t get what they are trying to share here. The words “to hear you say that this ones mine” stuck with me. It reminded me that I am chosen by God, that He pursued me until I came to Him. I can just picture me standing in a crowd and he says over everyone, “this ones mine” and how happy and excited I am to hear Him say that about ME! The beauty of it is that He says that to all of us. He wants us all! What a great truth to share with others!
I love that part, too ~ It makes me feel so loved.
Child of the risen Son! I noticed the power of the resurrection available to me. Power to believe I am HIS, chosen and spoken for. Thank you Jesus that you have spoken for me and hold me by your powerful right arm.
Thank you for the song. It is so good to know that we are chosen by God, I am his and he is mine. Thank you Jesus! My family has had a hard weekend. My cousin which is also my sons best friend was killed early Saturday morning in a freak accident. His horse bucked him off and either kicked him or stepped on his chest. I was at the viewing last night and it was so sad to see some of the family. They don’t the God I know and they were so lost. I sit there and God brought to my mind. Child you have that peace because you are my child they don’t have that to turn to because they reject me. I could not imagine to not have God to turn to during such a tragedy. Please be in prayer for the family that they would want to find that peace. Please remember my son Josh as he has to be a part of the funeral today, he almost passed out on us last night when he went to the casket. Pray God gives him the strength today.
So sorry for your loss….that is hard and brutal stuff. Will be praying for you and your family as you navigate through the grief process. Here USA great read on that very process, “The Grief Recovery Handbook” by John w. James and Russell Friedman
Thank you Suzanne. I will find this book for my son. It is so good to have online friends praying. My son has did really well. He was asked to come by this evening to help clean the barn out of my cousins because they want him to have his stuff. He was emotional to know that he was getting his cousins things. Thank you again.
So sorry for your loss, Tabitha. Will be praying for your family, especially your son. May God’s peace be with you all.
Thank you for your prayers Gloria.
I was able to see my youngest daughter be save a week ago after a life with just daily troubles this song is perfect for her To watch her grow and long to belong to Christ was a true experience…
Her , her sister and I gave their daddy , my husband to God to years ago, our life has changed with out him…we miss him, remember him and have grown to a new depth of closeness on our own… God was always with us, that is how we keep going …
we are so BLESSED and I thankful
OMG! Awesomeness! (Is that a word?)
This song reminds me of how God loved us so he gave us Jesus to die for our sins. We are his chosen people. And that when he died, the old us died, too. All of short comings, guilt, shame, etc, gone. In his risen, we rose. A new us created. No, we can’t erase our past, but through Him we have a new life. We don’t need the material things and approval of this world. We are already spoken for! And, He wants nothing from us, but our hearts, commitment to trust and follow Him, and worship Him.
Thank you, Renee, for sharing this video!
AMEN!!!
I j ust read Glynnis devotion on Proverbs 31 mininsty. I am blown away. This helps me more to get into Gods Word. Staying commited but with the knowledge even when I mess up that does not define me. Praise God.
This song is so truthful & frm the moment it started I couldn’t help but break down crying then when I got my emotions under control I could step back & realize how grateful I really am that I’m nt my own & think about how Truly special I am! Thank You
Wow! Inspiring – A beautiful love song to o our Lord and Savior. thank you Renee! Jesus is everything He is what Life is about. In Pastors sermon is what defines us is it our family careers finances cars homes hus bands wives children finances things ? Convicted I m . Staying commited to the Lord is not easy but I am not going to give up when I fall I will get back up again. I want my heart and mind to love The person Jesus and not only His awesome loving gifts He gives me day in and day out. God bless you. I too would like t o continuethe study. Renee thank you for all you are doing for us. You are truly blessed.
I thought I would ask something I have been wanting to ask, but ashamed to….I know Renee’s book is only $10, but I live on disability that doesn’t meet my needs every month as it is, and I know $10 might not seem like much to anyone else, but when you don’t have it, it might as well be $1,000 dollars because I just don’t have it, you just don’t have it. If you can please email me at: [email protected]
All this to say, is there anyone who is done with their book and wouldn’t mind passing it along to someone who had a need and would like to read it?? Sorry, if I should not have asked, but I was it was just a thought…..
I have a copy that was donated to give to you. Would love to send it. Email your address to [email protected] please and we will send it this week.
What a beautiful song – what more could be said.
When I hear –but I have chosen you out of this world – how special that makes you feel, We BELONG to Him!!!
Also — covered by His love and — to her you say this one is mine!!
How beautiful is that – to know that we are so special to Him and that we belong to Him – what a day that will be when we truly walk hand in hand with our LORD!!!
Renee, you amaze us each week – keep it up. I know that you said something about we would talk about the summer study next week – however, I’m putting in my vote now. PLEASE keep going!!!!!
Would love to be apart of a summer study!!
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In my very first study as a born again Christian, we went through the book of Ephesians; the truths taught there are overwhelming! Ephesians 1:13 says and you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in Him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit”. Translated in my simple mind ” I AM SEALED IN CHRIST”.
Thanks, Renee, for the reminder!