a different royal fam

I love The Kingdom.

  Y'all. It is BIG. And growing. And intentionally weaved with different parts and designs that can only be imagined by a glorious creator. Reader, think about how many people there are in the world, and how different everyone is. All the talents, all the different passions and likes and dislikes that make people tick. I go to a concert or the mall and I see all the people. God created ALL of them. Like DANG. And He KNOWS them, better than anyone can. Think about how everyone has a gift for something, how everyone is good at a certain thing. That is not an accident. The Lord has implanted abilities in us that we choose to do something with. And our limited human sights aren't satisfied until we realize that these gifts don't flourish like they could until they are geared towards something bigger. Specifically, we were all made for a Kingdom.

  The Kingdom is diverse, one of the big factors in its beauty. People are meant to be different than one another. Yes indeed. Coming from an original atmosphere that made conformity something to be desired, I was met with shock as I hopped into a college with every type of person out there. I wasn't sure how I was going to find anyone relatable and I felt myself at first longing for a return to the land of Nike shorts and big T-shirts (not dissing those, I love myself a good tee). But as the weeks have passed and as I have expressed somewhat in my past posts, I learned so much about myself and others and how Christ is still present and working everywhere. And I've started to grasp how rich life is when everyone is different. Like how the best sitcoms have a quirky mix of characters, so does real life. Yes.

  God is very, very intentional about His creation. He made some people outgoing and others quiet. He gave some gifts of encouragement and others an ability to speak or serve. I love how He implanted different desires in our hearts to pursue and serve in different fields, whether it's speaking truth into campers or freeing child slaves or listening to the struggles of a coworker. He can make any son or daughter in His kingdom have the potential to do BIG things- glorious, love-driven things. And if you have a talent or a fetish for something, you be awesome at that not because you are awesome, but because you were gifted by a Father who loves you enough to let you be apart of something bigger and divine. You guys. There is literally nothing good in us apart from Christ. I love how the Bible says that Christ is "the head" on this body of believers. The human body is a complicated thing, perfectly puzzle-pieced together with bones and organs and cells that all serve different purposes, but work together for one purpose, to keep a body alive. The Head, or Christ, is vital in this body, The Kingdom, to function. Try cutting off the head, it's not good news.

"Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work."

Ephesians 4:16-17  

  So. As believers, we spend a lot of our lives wondering where we fit in this Kingdom. And we wonder if our desires match up with His desires. And we worry what will happen if we don't get what we've been dreaming about for years, even though the plan seems like a good one. And we try to figure out the system, try to wrap our logic around the fact that the Lord gives us the things that make our hearts tick and He wouldn't mark out a path that you weren't passionate about. So what do we do with that? As a currently answer-less daughter of the King, all I can personally say is that I am living in His embrace, unsure of what to do with what He's given me but comforted in the fact that in the end He will have glory and it will be good. And His plan will for sure be more creative and worthwhile than mine. And if I knew the whole plan, I wouldn't be depending on the Lord nearly as much as I find myself doing.

"But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."

Matthew 6:33-34

So, Reader. There it is.