clear as water

i've developed a growing obsession with monarchy. whether it's portrayed in a tv series like "kings" on nbc or "the tudors" on showtime (yes, i openly to admit to my tv-addiction), biblically in the OT and NT, through historic fiction or world history, i love it! the monarchs vary in what they excelled at or what they contributed to life as we know it but the common thread is that they lived solely for the advancement of their kingdom! and if a loved one had to be sacrificed in order for the land to prosper, sobeit. also, there is almost always a direct link to the monarch and god's role in their rule over the kingdom and/or their role as god in the kingdom, if that makes any sense.

anyway, it's just grand how God talks to us where ever we are and makes himself known even in our silly habits/obsessions. this time my habit led me to two very complex truths that are becoming as clear as water. but in the terms of gradual clarity....for example, in my house the water is a little, no extremely cloudy... at first. because it's crazy hard water it has to settle. once it does it's as water should be. this fact is... God loves me... more than i may ever know or possibly understand. that alone could keep me going for hours some days, but onward!

the other is that, all i may face in this life is not always going to be about me but for the advancement of his kingdom. as his subject i may be sacrificed here and there for the benefit of another or for several but as long as His kingdom is shown supreme, all is well.