It seems many consider that election = some fate worse than death..God chose you that is really awful . How dare He decide who He wants to adopt. Does he think He has free will or something? :>)
Rom 9:18 Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will [have mercy], and whom he will he hardeneth.
Rom 9:19 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?
Rom 9:20 Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed [it], Why hast thou made me thus?
Rom 9:21 Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
Rom 9:22 [What] if God, willing to shew [his] wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
Rom 9:23 And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,
God is a parent that will keep His children from falling into the eternal pit , not because they deserve it, but because He is merciful. The unsaved are not his children contrary to popular pop religion Cindy.
So tomorrow as we celebrate the Resurrection realize how blessed you are that for no reason in yourself , God chose to adopt you as His own and make you His child . If that is not humbling I do not know what is .
You were? That's not how your sentences read...
"God owes us nothing and we all need to (be) on our knees in gratitude. It's just a free will thing. Did he want mind control or for His children to love Him and come to him willingly. It takes a very strong and secure person to let go knowing that he will have loses and that people will make mistakes with growth..."
If you want to change what you wrote, fine by me.
But I do agree that God expects us to be strong and secure...and honest.