In Christ and through him.

Ephesians 1:3-8 NIV
³ Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. 

Sometimes, especially here in materialistic America, one can feel left out, inadequate or missing out on the "good life".  That's exactly what the devil wants you to feel.  He wants you distracted by the pleasures here on earth and have you pursuing them instead of enjoying the blessings given by our Father in heaven.

⁴ For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love ⁵ he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will— ⁶ to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves.

Your walk with God is not a mistake.  You were chosen.  You were adopted through Christ because it was God's will.  You are with God because he loves you.

⁷ In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace ⁸ that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and understanding,

You have been redeemed.  That means bought back.  You have been forgiven because God lavished his grace on you.  It was not a mistake.  God in His wisdom chose to do it.

Personal Note:
I have begun to notice a cycle to the devotional offered by Charles Stanley as I have blogged on this passage before.  I feel lead to do entire books of the Bible and do them verse by verse.  I am thinking Romans as that is a real practical book, but it is also a HUGE undertaking.  I ask prayer for God's wisdom as this blog has become so much more than I thought it would.

God Bless