day no. 15,493: called to be, called to become

In reading Clement's second letter, I came across this beautifully expressed sentiment.

2 Clement 1:8
For He hath called us when as yet we were not,
and hath willed us to be when we were nothing.

While we were still dead, He made us alive. Though we had done nothing to attract any positive attention, He positively beckoned us to come near. Our salvation is as our creation. We did not ask to be here. We did not plead to be composed. We did not beg to be born. And yet, here we are. By the grace of God, we are here. And our rebirth is like that. We were not searching for Him or seeking Him, but by His grace called and is continues to call us to seek Him.