Grace Filled Lemons

Kingdom Builders Series Part 1

Not all of us are called to be missionaries in distant lands.
Not all of us will wear habits or take vows or speak on grand stages.

Some of us are called to hospital rooms.
To grocery aisles and office desks.
To laundry piles and long commutes and raising small children in homes full of noise and grace.

Some of us are called to love God in the ordinary—
And that calling is no less holy.

Building God’s kingdom doesn’t always look like “doing more.”
Sometimes, it looks like showing up—again and again—with love.
It looks like doing your work with integrity when no one is watching.
It looks like choosing gentleness in a harsh world.
It looks like blessing your children as they sleep, forgiving before you’re ready, or saying a prayer for a coworker under your breath.

Sometimes the kingdom is built not with grand gestures but with small, faithful bricks of quiet obedience.

Jesus didn’t spend most of His life preaching to crowds. He spent thirty years living a quiet, ordinary life—working with His hands, honoring His parents, walking the dusty roads of Nazareth.
If He was willing to live in the hiddenness of daily life, why do we think our holiness must look different?


The kingdom of God grows in kitchens, in conversations, in early mornings and tired evenings.
It grows when we choose love over fear.
When we choose truth over comfort.
When we make room at our tables and in our hearts for people who need to be seen.

You don’t have to be in ministry to be doing ministry.
You don’t have to be “doing big things for God” to be faithful.

You just have to be willing to say yes to Him right where you are.


A Quiet Reflection:

Lord, teach me to see my ordinary life as sacred.
Open my eyes to the hidden ways You are working through my hands, my words, my work.
Help me to build Your kingdom, one small yes at a time.
Remind me that nothing done in love is wasted—even when no one sees but You.
Amen.


Journaling Prompts:

• What areas of my life feel “too small” to be meaningful? How might God see them differently?
• How can I bring the love of Christ into my home, workplace, or community this week?
• What small “yes” is God inviting me to today?
• Have I underestimated the impact of my presence, encouragement, or prayers in someone else’s life?

Let this be your sacred pause.
Because right here, right now, your life is building something eternal.

With you in the quiet faithfulness,
Laura