I'm pretty sure every young girl has dreams like mine. A beauty with a perfectly good heart, a life supported by good friends, and yes prince charming on the white horse! (I mixed Cinderella, Mulan, Sleeping Beauty and Snow White all together.)
As I grew older, things of this world I live in take me to the opposite side. Fairly tales do not seem to exist anymore. I felt like I wasn't pretty enough. I wasn't like those long-legged girls in the magazines. Friends did hurt me. Major heartbreaks numbed my very heart. Looking around, THAT was nothing close to my childhood princess dream,NOTHING! I did not feel like a princess, not even close.
Despite the torrents of rejection and pain, deep down inside I hoped for something better than the world could offer. I still wanted to be a princess, not a super rich girl who lives in the castle, but a girl who is cherished as precious and loved.
Somehow it is even hard for me to believe in true love and fairly tales. How could a person like me be so loved and cherished? I am an ordinary girl (who's extraordinary crazy), imperfect, and actually I've made so many mistakes. Thank God, literally, I thank my God for making me a princess. A girl like me was redeemed, restored, and transformed.
"But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." --Romans 5:8
I just want to remind you that Jesus is the Prince, not only in the fairly tale dream but in REAL LIFE. A prince laid his very life for us, princess!
"This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us." 1 John 3:16a
His love for you and me is more than anything we could dream of. If you are still chained up at the bottom of the dungeon, Jesus Christ our prince can set you free.
A princess is one would leave ANYTHING behind and follow her true loving prince wherever he goes...
Lord, may you help us to leave everything behind and follow your will and walk in your way. May we do everything not from our own desires but for your righteousness and glory. Thank you for calling us yours and making us as white as snow. In jesus' name. Amen.
