A Daughter of the King

Everytime I see the phrase, or hear the phrase, it brings a smile to my face. It took some really special friends to make me realize that's exactly what I was. They showed me and reminded me that my Heavenly Father was in fact a King... and I was His daughter. It didn't matter who I had become, what I had done or where I was in my life at that time... I was a princess, and to him I was special. I can't tell you how much I needed that message at the time. One of those friends at times will send me a morning e-mail or a morning chat message that begins with, 'Good Morning Precious Daughter of the King'. I smile everytime I read those sweet words. As comforting as that thought is... it is also challenging. The knowledge that I'm a daughter of the King comes with some accountability... a higher standard and I should start living my life in that way. I need to live my life with the authority and understanding that I am in fact of a royal bloodline. I have some friends that sing in a group and they have a song with a line in it that says, 'unworthy of royal blood that flows through my veins'... how true, but how awesome! Royal blood DOES flow through my veins, but not without a price. Guess what the song is about? Yep, that's right... grace. It's only through grace we are saved and only through that grace do we become children of the King. We weren't born into our royalty... we were adopted... and we weren't free! A price was paid so we could in fact be in the royal family. Let's start living like it! Let's live lives of salvation and freedom, remembering that our daddy is the King and that we are precious in his eyes. In the grand scheme of things, we're just boys, and just girls, in need of a Savior... a Savior that showed up, adopted us and made us children of the Kingdom! I don't know about you, but for me... it doesn't get much better than that!