Built to Be Lived In

Someone thought about this.

The lines of the roof.

The path to the door.

The way trees soften corners.

The way flower where planted where people would walk.

Houses like this are not accidents.

They carry evidence of planning.

Of attention.

Of someone imagining life inside them.

Many of us did not learn to think about ourselves this way.

we learned to survive, not to dwell.

To patch instead of cultivate.

To endure instead of enjoy.

Shrinking often convinces people they are temporary structures.

Places meant to be used until something better comes along.

But Christ does not speak about people that way.

He calls them homes.

Temples.

Beloved places of His Spirit.

Stopping shrinking sometimes looks like believing you were built to be lived in.

Not merely occupied.

Not merely endured.

But cared for.

Tended.

Honored.

There are seasons when self-care feels indulgent.

When kindness toward your own life feels suspicious.

When rest sounds irresponsible.

Jesus treats stewardship differently.

He does not rush past what He loves.

He invests in it.

Waters it.

Protects it.

Returns to it daily.

If today all you can manage is one small act of care for yourself, that counts.

If you notice beauty instead of bracing, that is healing.

If you treat your life as something God intends to dwell within, that is faith.

You were not built for abandonment.

You were built for belonging.