In Asian countries people use stray lumber to build a scafling against the building during construction , and once in awhile the workers will need an extra board to finish, so they will take a board from the ones used to make the scafling , and it then becomes part of the building, I call it a lucky board! The rest of that lumber will be discarded or used again only as a scafling for the next building that is to be built. This may be a little far out, but I was thinking about these boards used to build these scaflings, and I saw them as us in the world before God. We were old and worn out by sin, but then that beautiful day God needed another “board” to help build the church, and He reached out to that scafling and chose us! God says the church is a chosen generation, actually there are many scriptures that say we are chosen by Him for His service. We then went from the lucky board to the blessed board! Old things were passed away and everything became new, it didn’t matter how many times we were just used to make scaflings, we now had become part of the building. One of my favorite things to do is redo furniture, I go to yard sales and thrift stores to find stuff with good structure or bones so I can fix it up, and you know when I am done it looks like brand new furniture! I am so glad when we are chosen by God He never looks at our current condition, because He knows with some “paint”, some “sanding”, and cleaning we will be renewed again! Thank God He wanted us to be the blessed board not the lucky board anymore! I love y’all..