Daughter of the King

In my guestbook from graduation, one of my friends wrote, "You are a...daughter of the King." Hmm. That was a very nice thing to write.

King of kings, and Lord of lords. That's more than just song lyrics. Those song lyrics are truth. And how amazing they are. This King, the King of kings, even though He had a Child that He was perfectly pleased with, and had no need for anyone else, He adopted select people to be his children. He adopted me. And it wasn't because I had done something wonderful, either. Not only was I not alive when he adopted me, but I had already sinned against him in Adam. He chose me. Why? Oh, why I don't know.

I should always be grateful. Unfortunately, I'm never as grateful as I should be, and I'm never grateful as often as I should be. Yet He still loves me and calls me His child. He calls me daughter.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed
us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he
chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and
blameless before Him. In love He predestined us for adoption through Jesus
Christ, according to the purpose of His will, to the praise of His glorious
grace, with which He has blessed us in the Beloved. In Him we have redemption
through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of
His grace, which He lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight making known to
us the mystery of His will, according to His purpose, which He set forth in
Christ as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in Him, things in
heaven and things on earth.

In Him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according
to the purpose of Him Who works all things according to the counsel of His will,
so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of His
glory. In Him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your
salvation, and believed in Him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, Who
is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the
praise of His glory.

Ephesians 1:3-14