After having a pretty good conversation with one of my friends, (we might have been talking about boys), we decided to watch a movie instead of doing homework. While looking at her shelf of DVD's I noticed a series of Cinderella stories. Without a second thought I grabbed all three of them and said "lets go!" About 20 minutes into the movie I realized how much of a unrealistic expectation this story can be for some girls. The expectation that we are to meet our 'prince charming' and fall in love with him while in high school is unrealistic beyond belief. Heck, at times it feels unrealistic that I will find someone even in college! But then I thought of Cinderella in a different light. Because God is our one true King, we are designed to be His princess. We are in a world where we are constantly being ridiculed and told that we need to act a certain way, or look a certain way, kind of like a world full of ugly step-sisters. God is our prince charming, and should be the only thing that can captivate our attention and take our hearts.
I know, some of you might be thinking 'what about my future husband? Shouldn't he be able to captivate our attention and take our heart?' Essentially this is what needs to happen, we need to be so love-struck by God that the man we were designed to marry should be on about the same level. He should have loved God so much that he learned how to love woman because of it. I think of it two different ways. As women, we should be running a marathon, at full force, toward the heart of God. The man that is able to keep up with us, pursue us, and ultimately cary us when we become weak, is worth marrying. The other analogy that I like to use is a triangle. Put God at the top part of the triangle, you on one corner, and the man on the other corner. You will only be able to love your spouse through God, and your spouse will only be able to love you through God.
I hope all of this makes sense!
Confessions,
Chaleigh
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