Chosen One

I had this epiphany last night while going to bed.

We often hear in the Bible that we are the chosen ones. "Israel is the chosen one". Catholics also have heard at some point or other that you, as an individual, are being waited on by God to get to know him. etc. etc.

But what does it mean?

Here is a shot:
If you are born as a Christian:
Since Christ's coming to the world, it has been roughly 2000 years. Life expectancy over these years have averaged anything between 30 years to 80 years. Let's average it to 50 years. That means between you and Christ, there were roughly 40 generations. Now, the fact that you are a Christian means that someone in you family in the past had the faith and decided to take out Christianity and Christ as the truth. That is what it means to be chosen. Out of those 40ish generations, one of them heard the call and you were chosen, as a result. Isn't that awesome? What are the chances of that? Realistically, if you crunch the numbers, the probability of you being born into a Christian family is quite minimal. But you were, and hence you are chosen.
The Gospel of Mathew has a genealogy of Christ tracing His roots to David. 42 generations in total. If we remain steadfast in faith, is there a chance that when we are 'called', we will have a similar genealogy and get to see our salvation history in play?

If you were not born as a Christian:
Well, this is your chance to start a new branch in your family tree. This 'Yes' to Christ has the potential to impact your family long after you are gone! How exciting is that? This viewpoint, for me, puts a whole new perspective when we say that we are the chosen one or that we will reside in the house of the Lord for all ages.

I have a job, now what?

The last six years were spent in intense aerospace engineering education, a fairly healthy dose of fun and a low dose of travel and new things that I did outside my comfort zone.

I finally got my dream job and I start next week. In the meantime, I have come across a few websites and books that are amazing and have helped me a lot to think about wealth and life differently.

Here is the list:

1. MMM (Recent find, but I think I will be using it a lot more now) http://www.mrmoneymustache.com
2. Ramit Sethi (Author of I Will Teach You To Be Rich)
http://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/blog/
3. Lean Launchpad by Steve Blank
The course is available on udacity.com
4. Catholic Guy by Lino Rulli
He has helped with humanizing the faith and just doing the best I can and then letting God be God. His story has helped me a lot to realize that God has given me some talents and skills, and it will be a shame if I do not use them appropriately.
5. Catholic Stuff You Should Know Podcast.
They have very interesting topics and I do hope that their vocational journey would allow the podcast to come back to life!
5. AOM (Art of Manliness)
It gives a healthy dose of the right attitude and the right skills!
6. Beating The Street by Lynch
7. The Motley Fool Friday Podcasts and their articles

The gist is that I feel that I need to reduce my consumerism, and start providing value to people and adding value to the world. This blog will probably be a stepping stone in that direction. Maybe, I am doing this to just make myself feel good. Either way, hope someone gets some use out of it.

Moving forward, I will share some of the things that I think I do differently and maybe someone will be able to benefit from it.