1 Peter 2:9

In this footnote, it says that to be a peculiar people is to also be the Hebrew word segullah, which means "special possession or property".

I take this to mean something similar to "unique". A chosen, special, unique piece of property in God's collection of souls. We're apart from, rather than just weird.

This seems to be an all encompassing principle in God's universe. We're all special as Mr. Rogers would say. We're peculiar. We require customized attention (Four Systems Thinking Strategies to Address Problems design thinking requires custom attention) for optimal growth.

And this isn't in a flowery sense, but in a way that is integral to how God wants us to interact with one another. We all require full attention. We must give that attention to others and fight the natural tendency to simplify and reduce.

There's a tension (Yin and Yang balance everything) between over simplification and over complication.

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