The Kingdom and the Normal

What is normal? Today, academia mocks the normal - the family, the heterosexual, the hard-working man and woman who simply raise a family. The family is a difficult prospect because it requires a belief that the sometimes dreary work of being faithful, of working a boring job, of sacrificing present pleasure for future generations is worthwhile. It is worthwhile if you build in faith, in a God who blesses those who are faithful, in a God who is buildig His kingdom as the inevitable consequence of the gift of His Son.

So everything . . .

that happens is an opportunity for God's kingdom to come. We pray, "Thy kingdom come . . . on earth as it is in heaven." How can we have anything to do with that? We can't, except as He allows us. The King needs only loyal subjects, who believe the king is good. Then whatever he asks will result in our simple trusting obedience. It matters not whether it is small or large in the eyes of man, or even whether any human being ever knows you existed or did what God called you to do. It's about Him anyway.