Week 8: Monday Belonging to the Beloved

One of the most basic and powerful human desires is the wish tobelong, to have someone regard us as their own and thus naturallyhave a stake in our happiness and care for us as their own.God claims Christians as His own. “See what kind of love the Fatherhas given to us, that we should be called children of God, and so weare” (1 John 3:1-2, ESV). Peter describes us as “a chosen race, aroyal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession” (1Peter 2:9, ESV). Paul describes us as “his workmans