1 Peter 1:1-12 NLT

Lately I have seen a lot of articles about the Christians in other countries not having bibles to read.  Not much after those started appearing I started noticing that my blog was having lots of hits from a particular country....121 in the last 30 days.  Well....I started thinking about all of this.  Why would the people in this country all of a sudden really start reading my blog?  I say really start because there has been some readers before but now....in the last 24 hours....there has been 19.  Most of which was last night.  Last night....

well....last night was an experiment.  All I did was post a block of scriptures from 1 Corinthians to see how many times it would get read.  As I said before....19 times.  So....for the next few days I'm going to just post scripture and see what happens.  I'm thinking that the ones reading just want to read the Word.  Here is one of my favorite passages.

1 Peter 1:1-12

1 This letter is from Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ.
I am writing to God’s chosen people who are living as foreigners in the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia. ² God the Father knew you and chose you long ago, and his Spirit has made you holy. As a result, you have obeyed him and have been cleansed by the blood of Jesus Christ.
May God give you more and more grace and peace.

The Hope of Eternal Life

³ All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is by his great mercy that we have been born again, because God raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Now we live with great expectation, ⁴ and we have a priceless inheritance—an inheritance that is kept in heaven for you, pure and undefiled, beyond the reach of change and decay. ⁵ And through your faith, God is protecting you by his power until you receive this salvation, which is ready to be revealed on the last day for all to see.

⁶ So be truly glad. There is wonderful joy ahead, even though you must endure many trials for a little while. ⁷ These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold—though your faith is far more precious than mere gold. So when your faith remains strong through many trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world.
⁸ You love him even though you have never seen him. Though you do not see him now, you trust him; and you rejoice with a glorious, inexpressible joy. ⁹ The reward for trusting him will be the salvation of your souls.
¹⁰ This salvation was something even the prophets wanted to know more about when they prophesied about this gracious salvation prepared for you. ¹¹ They wondered what time or situation the Spirit of Christ within them was talking about when he told them in advance about Christ’s suffering and his great glory afterward.
¹² They were told that their messages were not for themselves, but for you. And now this Good News has been announced to you by those who preached in the power of the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. It is all so wonderful that even the angels are eagerly watching these things happen.

I pray you enjoyed this part of 1 Peter.

"until we see JESUS....face to face"