1 Peter 2:9 (NIV) 9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. In the Land of Grace , there lived a young woman in her mid-twenties. She was often accused of living in a fantasy world. Not that she conjured up unrealistic thoughts, but there was a spirit of freedom this young woman possessed. One afternoon as she sat by the Oak tree in her backyard, journaling and listening to music, she had an encounter. She realized that she was indeed different from many of her friends, associates, and young adults her age. When they were going along with the flow, she would sit back and observe. You see this young woman walked in the authority that God proclaimed that she would. She would sit day after day ...