Please note, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is rated PG-13. When Okoye fails to keep Shuri safe from Namor and the Talokans, Queen Ramonda removes her as general of the Dora Milaje. Ramonda's decision comes despite Okoye's many years of service to Wakanda and her time working with the Avengers as a representative of Wakanda. In many ways, this is revenge for Okoye initially siding with Killmonger, even though she backed T'Challa, Ramonda's son, in the end. For a bit, Okoye feels lost and purposeless. She helps where she can as Namor attacks Wakanda herself. Then Shuri gives her a new task. Shuri asks Okoye to help lead a new unit with new armor: the Midnight Angels (interestingly enough, the Midnight Angels were a subset of the Dora Milaje in the comics). All of a sudden Okoye has purpose again. She can still serve Wakanda, even if it isn't as a Dora Milaje. Okoye isn't alone in trying to find new ways to serve as old ways are closed. We see this in Faith as well. Elijah even encounters a change in his own ministry as a prophet, following the threats he faced from Queen Jezebel and his encounter on Mount Horeb with God in 1 Kings 19. Elijah doesn't know if he can continue going on after his set back, and God gives him an out while still allowing him to serve. From then on, Elijah's focus was on raising up Elisha to follow him as a prophet to Israel. We all have times where how we are serving God changes. We all have times when we need to find new purpose. Fortunately God provides us the ways to continue to serve, even if that service looks different. That is what God did with Elijah, and what Shuri does with Okoye.
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